News (Consolidated) - UNSOM

NEWYORK - Afghan journalists visited the United Nations Headquarters last week as part of the International Visitor Leadership Programme, a cultural exchange. A visit timed with the historic vote on Palestine and just days after UN General Assembly adopted an annual resolution affirming support for…

KABUL - A public event to raise awareness about elimination of violence against women was organized quite differently in southeastern Paktya Province last week, with needy women receiving assistance from the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) to cope with the looming difficult winter. Visit the UNAMA flickr…

KABUL - As a United Nations team of experts wraps up its first visit to Afghanistan to map out future UN assistance for the 2014 Presidential elections today, the Afghan election body has said preparations for the polls are right on track and it is already working to establish the framework for…

BALKH - Provincial officials in Balk and Ghazni have reported cases of HIV in the respective provinces, according to local media. In one of its reports yesterday, RTA Balkh said quoting Dr. Mirwais Rabbi, the Director of the provincial Public Health Department, that 28 cases of HIV positive –…

KABUL - Afghanistan has abundant mineral, water, rangeland and forest resources. Although geographically dispersed, these resources have the potential to dramatically improve the living standards of the country’s citizens. Or that very wealth could lead to further conflicts between Afghan…

NANGARHAR - The people with disability complained that the Government hadn’t ensured their rights. Speaking at a ceremony organized to mark the International Day of Persons with Disabilities yesterday, the head of a group of persons with disabilities, Masood Safi criticized the local authorities of…

KABUL - The Mobile Mini Circus for Children (MMCC) in Afghanistan presented colourful performances in Kabul yesterday to commemorate the 10th year of its successful mission in the country. The artists, who were mostly Afghan children, performed various circus arts including juggling, acrobatics…

Dai Kundi - Violence against women increased this year in the central provinces of the country in comparison to last year, official said in Dai Kundi province yesterday. The Dai Kundi Provincial head of the Afghanistan Human Rights Commission, Abdul Ahad Farzam, said there was a whopping 49 per cent…

KABUL - UNAMA Strategic Communication and Spokespersons Unit has conducted a series of radio journalism training late this year in different regions of Afghanistan, with the last one in western Herat province this week, to help young journalists build their capacity in radio news presentation. The…

GHAZNI - Under the National Solidarity Programme (NSP), different small and large scale infrastructure projects have been launched in 40 villages of Andar District of Ghazni Province. The District Chief of Andar, Mohammad Qasam Desiwal said that these projects included construction of protection…

KUNDUZ - In order to prepare the local population for a looming harsh winter, two United Nations agencies joined hands with their local partners in Afghanistan’s northeastern provinces yesterday by starting distribution of winter assistance kits. Click here for photos of a distribution ceremony in…

BAGHLAN - A new private television network, Tanweer, has been established in Pul-i-Khumri, the capital of Baghlan province. This local television station began its test broadcast on 3 December and is the first such station in Baghlan province. Its output comprises 40 per cent in-house productions…