MoPH, UNICEF and WHO joint press statement: Eradicating polio in Afghanistan now!
KABUL - Afghanistan’s Ministry of Public Health (MoPH), with the support of the World Health Organization (WHO) and the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has launched intensified efforts to wipe out polio from the…
On World Humanitarian Day, the Humanitarian Community highlights Afghans’ needs
KABUL - At an event organized by the humanitarian community in Afghanistan to mark World Humanitarian Day, over 50 donors, government, NGO and media representatives gathered to listen to speeches highlighing the growing…
Celebration of World Press Freedom Day in Afghanistan - 08 May 2011
KABUL - The World Press Freedom Day, was celebrated today in Kabul in International Press Center of Ministry of Information and Culture, to highlight and recognize the most important achievement of the post-Taliban democracy…
Experts show way forward for polio eradication in Afghanistan
KABUL - A group of experts from the World Health Organization spent last week on a surveillance mission across the country with the aim to gauge the effectiveness of Afghanistan's surveillance system that is used to detect…
UNICEF supporting government response to the needs of children affected by floods
KABUL - UNICEF is distributing emergency assistance in the provinces that have been worst affected by recent floods, ensuring that the urgent needs of children are met. The flooding follows torrential rains that have hit…
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Top Afghan ministers and international community meet ahead of Kabul Conference
KABUL - “Afghan priorities for the Afghan people,” will be the focus of the International Conference on Afghanistan – the Kabul Conference, the Afghan Minister of Finance, Dr Omar Zakhilwal has stated. Dr Omar Zakhilwal was…
UNODC Reports Major Drug Abuse in Afghanistan
KABUL - A survey on Drug Use in Afghanistan, issued today by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) and the Government of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, shows that around one million Afghans (age 15-64)…
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Fifty thousand refugees return this year
KABUL - Two months after the UN Refugee Agency resumed its 2010 voluntary repatriation programme in Pakistan and five months since return started from Iran, 50,000 Afghan refugees have returned home with UNHCR’s assistance…
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UN and Afghan Government call for “Freedom of Information” on World Press Freedom Day
KABUL - The United Nations and the Government of Afghanistan today emphasized the need for freedom of information and the importance of a free press at a day-long event in Kabul to mark World Press Freedom Day, celebrated…
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Calling on Funding the Education
KABUL - The importance of funding in Education is paramount to the attainment of the EFA goals in Afghanistan. This genuine need was echoed in today’s ceremony which focused on celebrating the Education for All, Global Action…
MACCA condemns attacks on humanitarian
KABUL - The Mine Action Coordination Centre of Afghanistan (MACCA) today condemned attacks on humanitarian deminers, following an attack on a team working for Afghan NGO DAFA in Kandahar on the 11 April which resulted in the…
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Afghanistan a major producer of cannabis, says UNODC
KABUL - Today UNODC releases its first-ever Afghanistan Cannabis Survey showing that the world’s biggest producer of opium is also a major producer of cannabis. Full report Way down from the earlier figure of 70,000 hectares…