News (Consolidated) - UNSOM

KANDAHAR - Hundreds of religious scholars called “Ulemas” gathered at the Kandahar Provincial Council to discuss peace and reconciliation in Kandahar today. The daylong Jirga was also attended by a member of the High Peace Council, Maulwai Shafiullah Shafi “Nooristani”, and the Advisor Minister to…

GHAZNI - A high school student in Ghazni city has invented a mathematical formula that has been approved by the centre for sciences in Kabul, officials said on Saturday. Khalilullah Yaqubi is an 11th grade student at the Albiruni high school of Nawabad in the outskirts of Ghazni city and a resident…

DAIKUNDI - A delegation of Dai Kundi elders trooped to the UNAMA compound here over the weekend and submitted a petition for UNAMA’s continued stay in the remote central highlands province of Afghanistan. Accompanied by Provincial Council Member Hadi Rahimizada, the elders met with the leadership of…

BALKH - The head of the provincial agriculture department, Kateb Shams, said on Tuesday that according to the recent survey on production of wheat crops, there is a 100 per cent success in the rain-fed harvest and 70 per cent in irrigated. On-time distribution of improved seeds as wells as 277 mm…

PAKTYA - Security officials set on fire huge quantity of hashish in the Paktya province, authorities said on Tuesday. About 5,000 kilograms of hashish including considerable amount of heroin and alcoholic drinks – that were seized over the past one year by security agencies during operations in…

KUNDUZ - In a meeting chaired by Kunduz Provincial Governor Mohammad Anwar Jegdalak, representatives of the Government line departments, Provincial Council and the UN World Food Programme (WFP) discussed the second phase of WFP food distribution plan to vulnerable families. According to WFP…

KUNDUZ - Mohammad Ismail, the Minister of Energy and Water, led a delegation of his ministry and visited Kunduz and Takhar provinces on Saturday. In Kunduz, he inaugurated the Kunduz-Khanabad irrigation project and a new building of the Amu River Basin. The construction of the 20-room Amu River…

HERAT - Public health officials in Herat announced the start of campaigns against measles and polio in the province. The campaign will last for six days. Herat governor encouraged citizens to support the programme. More than 500,000 infants in Herat will receive the jab. UNICEF is funding this 300…

KABUL - The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) congratulates the people and Government of Afghanistan on the arrival of the holy month of Ramadan. Print PDF in English | Dari | Pashto The hallmarks of Ramadan are contemplation, worship and compassion. Let us all work during…

A 16-kilometre road was opened officially in Lashkargah city, capital of Helmand province, yesterday. The Helmand City Mayor, Mohammad Fazal Safi, participated in the inauguration ceremony along with other officials. “Several roads were paved by the Municipality of Helmand in several areas of…

NANGARHAR - A total of 18 projects related to income generation and local infrastructure development have been completed in Saracha village of Behsud district, Nangarhar province. The UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) had provided US$ 1.4 million for the projects. The projects include intakes, retaining…

KANDAHAR - The National Solidarity Programme (NSP) has completed 36 projects in Shah Wali Kot, Nesh and Arghasan districts of Kandahar province. The completed projects include construction of protection walls, clean drinking water and Karez cleaning. Twenty-five projects were implemented in Nesh…