News (Consolidated) - UNSOM

BALKH - A two-phased water supply project to provide clean potable water for Aybak City started in Samangan. Costing Nine million US dollars, the first phase of the project will extend pipeline that supplies high quality water from Charasyab spring in Khuram Sarbagh district to provincial capital…

KABUL - The main road from Bamyan to Kabul through Maidan Wardak province, which was blocked for last eight months at Hajigak Pass because of heavy snowfall this winter, was cleared by local communities and opened for traffic. The road through Hajigak is the nearest route to Kabul from Bamyan…

BAMYAN - Civil society activists have expressed concerns over increasing influence of "some powerful people" on judicial institutions. Addressing a press conference in Bamyan, the activists said during the last one and half years at least 15 persons were killed and the perpetrators were either not…

KABUL - As cultural institutions around the world opened their doors this week for International Museum Day, the expansion of Afghanistan's own National Museum came a step closer to completion. Renovations to the old building, as well as construction of a new annex, are proceeding and may be ready…

KABUL - The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) and UN Women have urged Afghan authorities to step up their efforts to ensure the full implementation of the law on the Elimination of Violence Against Women (EVAW), in line with their international commitments. “Progress in…

KUNDUZ - The Minister of Finance, Hazarat Omar Zakhilwal, inaugurated a new building for the provincial customs department and two hotels for traders at Sher Khan Border area of Kunduz. The facilities have been constructed in two-storey building with 12 rooms and at the cost of five million Euros…

MAZAR-E-SHARIF - Plans to turn the northern Afghan city of Mazar-e-Sharif into a regional transportation hub have taken a jump forward with the opening of a new airport terminal. While the airport has yet to be officially opened to international travel, domestic flights have already begun at the…

KABUL - There are currently at least 600 women and girls imprisoned in Afghanistan for “moral crimes,” an increase of 50 per cent over the past 18 months, according to an international non-governmental organization (NGO) focused on human rights, which has also highlighted the need for further action…

KABUL - From mountain glaciers to rural wetlands, Afghanistan is rich in biodiversity but these sources of water are coming under pressure and need to be protected, according to the United Nations Environmental Programme (UNEP) office in the South Asian nation, on the occasion of the International…

PAKTYA - Since the beginning of the Afghanistan Peace and Reconciliation Programme, a total of 4,547 opponents of Afghan Government have joined the peace process. While narrating his report, Ajab Sangin of the Paktya Provincial Peace Council (PPC) said the insurgents who have renounced violence and…

KHOST - Construction work of four development projects that are expected to provide jobs to 1,707 individuals started in Khost province. The projects include the retaining walls and intakes, started in Shamal, Dwamanda and Ismail Khail Mandozaid districts of the province. These projects will be…

KABUL - Watched by Afghanistan’s first female Olympian, more than 150 girls from high schools in the capital, Kabul, competed today in a track and field event held to select female athletes for the country’s female Athletics Team. “From this running competition, only the 12 best runners will be…