News (Consolidated) - UNSOM

GHAZNI - Local women staged a protest yesterday in Ghazni City against growing violence against them and the authorities’ failure to arrest the perpetrators. The protestors marched from the Provincial Council Office to the Governor's Office and then to the police headquarters, chanting slogans “we…

KABUL - A meeting of nine Afghan journalist associations and media rights groups announced today in Kabul the formation of an umbrella media body to ensure freedom of expression as enshrined in the Constitution of Afghanistan and defend rights of journalists in the country. The organizers told a…

KANDAHAR - During a meeting organized at the Public Health Department yesterday, the religious scholars and teachers pledged to play their part in raising public awareness about polio vaccination in southern Kandahar province Tens of religious scholars, teachers and health workers gathered in…

KABUL - A 15-part television series, Kocha-e-Ma (Our Street), that tells the story of real life in Afghanistan in an imaginary area of old Kabul, was premiered in Kabul yesterday. The private channel, One TV (or “ Yak TV”) will start the broadcast of the UNAMA-supported series on 31 January and will…

KABUL - A total of 1,200 poor returnee families in Afghanistan’s Central Highlands Region have received non-food items and “cold packages” from United Nations agencies to keep them warm this winter. The UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) in Bamyan said the UN agency completed distributing winterization…

KABUL - In a report released today, UNAMA found that despite significant efforts by the Government of Afghanistan and international partners to address ill-treatment of conflict-related detainees, torture persists and remains a serious concern in numerous detention facilities across Afghanistan…

KANDAHAR - The communications director at the Kandahar Governor’s office, Engineer Shah Mohammad Eshaq, said yesterday that there had been “significant progress” in communication, mobile services and Internet services in the province. Speaking to local journalists, Mr. Eshaq informed that for the…

BAMYAN - Officials at the Department of Disaster and Emergency Response in Bamyan province started distribution of winterization packages for 7,000 poor families in the province. Ahmed Reza Rafat of the Disaster and Emergency Response Department told media that they were distributing the winter kits…

BAMYAN - Habiba Sarabi, the Governor of Bamyan province, said that the Government of Afghanistan and the International Community should support and equip the Afghan security forces prior to the withdrawal of the international forces. Ms. Sarabi added that recruiting more Arbakis (Afghan Local Police…

KABUL - A US$ 250 million grant, to finance the ongoing third phase of the National Solidarity Program (NSP III) of the Government of Afghanistan, was signed today between the Ministry of Finance and the World Bank. The Afghanistan Reconstruction Trust Fund (ARTF) Grant aims at building…

JAWZJAN - For the first time in Jawzjan’s history, a woman has been appointed as the district governor. Sayra Shekib was appointed the governor of Khojadokoh district and was officially introduced to the district authorities last week, succeeding former governor Abdul Razzaq Qaderi. A schoolteacher…

KUNDUZ - After passing a professional legal services exam, 20 young lawyers were introduced to the community in the northeastern Kunduz Province last week. The young lawyers, who make the first such group to have passed the test in Afghanistan’s northeast, received lawyers license amidst a ceremony…