News (Consolidated) - UNSOM

KABUL - The United Nations World Health Organization (WHO) in Afghanistan today called for making the malaria endemic country free from it, while reiffirming its commitment to support the country in its fight against the…

KABUL - A senior Afghan counter-narcotics officials said on Tuesday that poppy eradication operation carried out earlier this year cost lives of 133 members of the security forces, which is twice as big as 2012. Afghanistan’s…

KABUL - Ahead of the World Press Freedom Day that falls on 3 May, an Afghan journalists union honoured two journalists yesterday with this year’s Ajmal Naqshbandi Media Award, named after a journalist killed in 2007 by the…

KABUL - On the eve of World Press Freedom Day, the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) calls on all political stakeholders in the country to join hands in securing freedom of the press and the right of…

KABUL - In a series of television and radio round-table discussions, organized by the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) in coordination with local media partners on the occasion of the World Press…

KABUL - Amid calls for more security for journalists, increased access to information and job security in Afghanistan, a leading Afghan media rights group today reported a sharp rise in violence against Afghan journalists in…

KABUL - Qais Shaqasi fell in love at a family wedding some five years ago. The object of his affection was an “oddly shaped wooden contraption” being handled by a man at the wedding and which made appealing sounds. He later…

KABUL - The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) strongly condemns an attack against a Government compound in the south-western province of Farah on 3 April that resulted in the deaths of at least 41…

KABUL - A senior United Nations official with personal experience of South Africa’s own path to reconciliation last week told members of the body leading Afghanistan’s peace negotiations not to lose hope and keep moving…

KABUL - Afghanistan continues to be the largest grower of opium in the world, with the country accounting for an estimated 64 per cent of its global production, according to a report from the United Nations agency leading…

KABUL - A two-day United Nations-backed conference, which concluded in Kabul today, highlighted the need for placing agriculture at the core of Afghanistan's national strategy for economic growth and sustainable job creation…