News (Consolidated) - UNSOM

KABUL - Ahead of Afghanistan’s harsh winter conditions setting in, the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and the Afghan Ministry of Refugees and Repatriation (MoRR) today began distributing winter supplies to vulnerable families in the country’s north.As part of a…

KABUL - A museum and cultural centre will be built in Afghanistan’s central province of Bamyan – renowned worldwide for its rich cultural history – thanks to a United Nations-backed agreement which will see the Republic of Korea provide the Afghan Government with $5.4 million for the venue’s…

KABUL - “When last here three months ago, in September, I highlighted a positive trajectory as Afghanistan undergoes ambitious security, political and economic transitions. Today, I can reiterate that progress continues and efforts are, by and large, on track – although not without challenges and…

KABUL - A series of United Nations-facilitated public debates and discussions on the importance of the public’s participation in Afghanistan’s Presidential and Provincial Council elections, slated for next April, concluded this week with 13 such discussions, which saw active participation of…

KABUL - Afghanistan’s Southern Region has today, for the first time ever, reached one full year without any reported cases of wild poliovirus, giving a boost to the country’s fight against the crippling disease. This milestone will encourage the polio effort in the Eastern Region, which continues to…

BALHK - An oil-processing plant owned by the Ghazanfar Group has resumed activities after four months of closure at the Hairatan port in northern Balkh province.The facility, which has the capacity of refining 500 tons of oil annually, resumed operation in the presence of a number of high-ranking…

MAZAR-E-SHARIF - The municipality of Mazar-e-Sharif, the capital of northern Balkh province, has announced a 40 per cent increase in its revenue during 2013, however acknowledged its failure to utilize its development budget during the current fiscal year.Speaking at the Municipality’s annual…

KABUL - A United Nations-produced documentary series highlighting various potentials of Afghanistan’s provinces is being broadcast by one of the country’s leading television channels.“The series ‘My Beloved Afghanistan’ is about different parts of Afghanistan. “Each documentary explores and…

GHAZNI - A civil airport in south-eastern Ghazni province was inaugurated on Saturday with a private company’s aircraft landing on the runway for the first time ever.Work on the airport project was started four months ago and completed at the cost of $7 million. In his comments at the inaugural…

HERAT - As part of its advocacy on a recent United Nations report on the implementation of the Elimination of Violence against Women (EVAW) law, a human rights team of the UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) travelled to a district in the outskirts of Afghanistan’s western Herat province…

KABUL - An Afghan body charged with monitoring the media reporting on and fair broadcasting of the electoral campaigns made public today a set of rules governing media activities in the lead-up to the upcoming Presidential and Provincial Council polls, slated for 5 April 2014.“The aim of formulating…

GHAZNI - The first-ever girls’ high school has been inaugurated in the Taliban-infested Andar district of Ghazni province, officials said on Monday.District Education Officer Taza Gul said 400 girls have sought admission to the school so far. The school has been built at a cost of five million…