News (Consolidated) - UNSOM

KANDAHAR - The head of Kandahar Transport Department, Najibullah Ahmadi, told local media that together with Kandahar Governor's office, they are working to start bus service between Kandahar and Quetta city of Pakistan soon. Mr Ahmadi said that currently 95 per cent of the planning to start the…

KANDAHAR - The security responsibility of three districts of Kandahar Province – Dand, Daman and Arghandab – and Kandahar City were handed over from international forces to Afghan forces last week. Addressing a handover ceremony held at the 205 Military Corps in Kandahar, Afghanistan’s Defense…

KABUL - Afghanistan’s Ministry of Finance and the World Bank (WB) signed yesterday for a US$ 125 million grant from the WB’s International Development Association (IDA) to finance improvement and maintenance of rural roads and bridges so as to enable Afghanistan’s rural communities to have better…

HELMAND - Helmand Police Chief Mohammad Nabi Ilham told a press conference yesterday that the number of civilian casualties, caused by IEDs and roadside bombs planted by the Taliban, has reached to 81 dead and 110 injured in Helmand province in last two months. Mr Ilham said police have also…

KABUL - “The members of the Security Council welcomed the “Tokyo Conference on Afghanistan” held in Tokyo on 8 July 2012 and its conference conclusions (S/2012/532). “The members of the Security Council commended the substantial development and the notable progress achieved by Afghanistan with the…

PAKTYA - Hundreds of kilograms of drugs and weapons were seized by Afghan security forces during an operation in Paktya province, local officials said on Sunday. Local Roz News Agency reported that the narcotics, including 700 kilograms of hashish were seized in the Machalgho area in Ahmad Aba…

GHAZNI - Sick women and children continue to face medical crisis due to shortage of female doctors in Ghazni province, forcing authorities to refer patients to hospitals in the city, the local Roz News Agency reported. Due to the lack of female doctors and medication, many mothers and children die…

KHOST - Hundreds of people, including government officials, students and general masses participated yesterday in a traditional campaign called hasher, a voluntary campaign to clean streets and parks in Khost province. The two-hour campaign that started in Khost city at around 8 am lasted until 10…

HELMAND - The International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking was celebrated in Lashkar Gah of Helmand province on Tuesday. Helmand Governor Mohammad Gulab Mangal, provincial director for anti-narcotics department Seed Ahmad Wror, director for culture and information department Alishah…

BALKH - The United Nations Office of Drug and Crime (UNODC) and Balkh provincial counter-narcotics department marked 26 June, the International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking in a large gathering in Mazar-i-Sharif on Wednesday. Balkh is among Afghanistan’s few provinces that are…

PAKTYA - Five members of a public uprising group were killed by Taliban militants in the Ander district of Ghazni province, an official said on Wednesday. In the heavy clashes that took place between the Taliban militants and local residents in Badvan area of Ander district, five members of the anti…

GHAZNI - Officials in the Ministry of Information and Culture Affairs say they are continuing their efforts to repair the historical monuments of Ghazni before 2013, as the city has been named the capital of Islamic civilization, for next year. “There was a plan to repair at least 32 historical…