News (Consolidated) - UNSOM

HERAT - Today, for the fourth day in a row, Etafaq-i-Islam daily newspaper in Herat Province could not be published. The reason for suspension of publication has been financial issues, according to the newspaper and the provincial Department of Information and Culture. The Director of Herat…

KANDAHAR - Over 900 religious scholars called “Ulemas” and tribal elders gathered today to discuss peace and reconciliation in Tirin Kot, the capital of Uruzgan province in Afghanistan’s south. The Ulemas and elders stressed the importance of unity as prerequisite to bring peace in Uruzgan province…

TAKHAR - Residents of 10 villages in Qulbars and Chashmaee Shir areas of Taloqan, the provincial capital of Takhar Province, have been displaced due to rising waters caused by flashfloods, according to Government authorities. According to Faiz Mohammad Tawheedi, the spokesperson of the Takhar…

PAKTYA - The long-standing land dispute between two sub-tribes of a local tribe, continued for almost five centuries over 15,000 jiribs (3,000 hectares) of land, has been resolved through negotiations and Jirga system in Paktya province. Since a couple of centuries, two sub-tribes of the Jaji tribe…

GHAZNI - The Ministry of Information and Culture Affairs inaugurated reconstruction work of more than 12 historical monuments in Ghazni City, the capital of Ghazni province. During his visit to the Ghazni province, Deputy Information and Culture Affairs Minister Ghulam Nabi Farahi, inaugurated the…

PAKTIKA - At a ceremony on Tuesday, a newly constructed 20-bed hospital was opened in Sarobi district of Paktika province, officials said. The one-storey hospital building, having surgery, maternity centre and other health facilities, was constructed at the total cost of US$ 300,000, provided by the…

KABUL - Afghan youth will act as “Ambassadors of Peace” and take the message of peace, brotherhood, unity and friendship to every nook and corner of Afghanistan. The title of “Ambassadors of Peace” was honoured to the participants at the end of Afghanistan’s National Peace Jirga of Afghan Youth held…

Nangarhar - Fourteen former Taliban fighters, who recently renounced violence, joined a Government peace and reconciliation process today in the eastern regional hub of Jalalabad. The ex-fighters also handed over 13 weapons and communication equipment to the Nangarhar Provincial Peace Council. While…

KABUL - About 100 journalists and representatives of media organizations from all over Afghanistan discussed the Afghan Media Law at a conference in Kabul today to prepare their consolidated comments on the law before submitting it to the Government of Afghanistan and the Parliament. [Update on 4…

KABUL - The Tokyo Conference next week is supposed to give the people of Afghanistan a strong message that the international community will continue its support to Afghanistan for another decade beyond 2014 in its endeavour to become economically sustainable and self-reliant. Addressing a Press…

KABUL - Highlighting the impact of drug abuse around the world, the head of the United Nations anti-drugs office today said that countering transnational organized crime and illicit drugs must become an integral part of the development agenda. UN News Centre article “Heroin, cocaine and other drugs…

NEWYORK - Ahead of a Security Council meeting on Afghanistan on Wednesday, the United Nations mission in the country today drew attention to the “critical need” for all parties to the conflict to do more to protect civilians. UN News Centre article “Afghan women, children and men have long paid a…