News (Consolidated) - UNSOM

KABUL - Last 10 years of democratization and rebuilding efforts in Afghanistan not only provided opportunities to women folk play active role in political, social, cultural and economic domain, but also witnessed their significant progress in the field of sports. Besides many other games, Afghan…

KABUL - To capitalize the shared humanity and to spread the message of oneness and peace, over 10,000 pink balloons will be distributed to the people of Kabul in the spring of this year. The distribution of balloons is a part of an international campaign that started two years ago in the Indian city…

KANDAHAR - The spokesman for Uruzgan police chief office, Mr. Farid Ayal, said that around 30 female police officers had assumed their duties in Uruzgan province recently. “We didn’t have female police officers in the past which created scores of problems. But now we have around 30 female police…

KANDAHAR - The Afghan Journalists Safety Committee (AJSC), with support from International Media Support (IMS) group, organized a one-day workshop to discuss journalists’ safety, future activities and condition of the media in the southern region post-2014. Fifty participants from Kandahar’s members…

KANDAHAR - The food zone programme has been approved for Kandahar and will practically start in September this year. A delegation from the Ministry of Counter-Narcotics is currently visiting Kandahar in order to discuss the food zone programme which is funded by the United States Aid for…

KHOST - A private independent Chenar radio station officially started transmission in Khost province on Sunday, 17 February. Since the presence of international community in 2001, media has been evolving fast in Khost province. Before the establishment of Chenar radio, there were six independent…

MAZAR - The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) trained journalists in the country’s northern Balkh province today to prepare them for reporting next year’s presidential polls “accurately and objectively”. UNAMA’s Dari Web Editor Mir Mohammad Sediq trained 12 journalists on…

BALKH - Sixteen insurgents including their commander joined the Government initiated peace and reconciliation process in northern Balkh province yesterday. According to the official sources, the group led by Khan Gul, alias Haji Mir, the Taliban shadow District Governor for Dehdadi District, handed…

HELMAND - The Poppy eradication campaign started in Marjah, Nad-e-Ali and Garamser districts of Helmand province on Sunday, according to a press release issued by the Helmand Governor’s office yesterday. On the first day of the eradication campaign, around 18 hectares of poppy farms were destroyed…

KABUL - The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) acknowledges the Taliban’s “Open Letter”, publicly issued on 22 February 2013, in reaction to UNAMA’s Annual Report on Protection of Civilians in Armed Conflict for 2012. UNAMA welcomes the Taliban statement as an invitation to…

NEW YORK - The United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is deeply concerned by the sectarian violence ongoing in Pakistan. On 17 February, in his second statement on the issue this year, the Secretary-General strongly condemned the terrorist attack carried out on 16 February in Quetta that…

HERAT - An agriculture development conference in Herat brought together representatives of the donor community, the Government, agriculture cooperatives and farmers to discuss the challenges of agriculture sector and ensure better coordination and coherence in the implementation of agriculture…