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KABUL - The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) is supporting some 90,000 Afghans, mainly women, with literacy and vocational training over the next two years. “WFP’s Food for Training (FFT) project is aimed at helping reduce illiteracy in the country and improving productive capital in…

KABUL - In an interview with Deutsche Welle, the UN’s top envoy in Afghanistan, Nicholas Haysom, addresses many of the key challenges facing Afghanistan and its new administration, as well as answering questions about the UN’s ongoing support to the country. Click here to read the interview

KUNDUZ - Afghan students graphically depicted violence against women, including the negative physical, psychological and social effects, in a weeklong drawing competition that culminated in an awards ceremony attended by dozens of people in the north-eastern province of Kunduz.The United Nations…

KABUL - To promote reproductive health, youth empowerment, gender equality and the access to and use of accurate data in the country, the Government of Afghanistan and the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) signed a new five-year plan. As part of the plan, UNFPA will invest US$82 million to…

TASHKENT - Nicholas Haysom, the UN Secretary-General’s Special Representative for Afghanistan, met on Monday in Tashkent with Abdulazis Komilov, the Foreign Minister of Uzbekistan.During his two-day visit to the Central Asian republic, Mr. Haysom is scheduled to meet with several senior Uzbek and…

NEW YORK - The Taliban’s involvement in criminal activity, including narcotics trafficking, illicit mining, collusion with mafias and kidnapping for ransom, appears to be increasing, a new UN Security Council Committee report indicates.The report indicates the scale and depth of this criminal…

JALALABAD - The number of Afghan police women in the eastern province of Nangarhar has grown, due in part to a new initiative supported by the Ministry of Interior and the United Nations. As one aspect of the new programme, backed by the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) and…

KABUL - Afghan civil society gained momentum on Tuesday with the formation of a national, independent organization designed to promote high standards among civil society institutions through a comprehensive certification process.In Kabul today, the UN Secretary-General’s Deputy Special…

KABUL - Increased ground engagements between parties to the armed conflict in Afghanistan are behind a 22 per cent rise in conflict-related deaths and injuries of Afghan civilians in 2014, the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) said today on the release of its 2014 Annual…

KABUL - Below is the near-verbatim transcript of the press conference organized to released the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA)'s 2014 Annual Report on Protection of Civilians in Armed Conflict. PRESS CONFERENCE TRANSCRIPT Release of UNAMA’s Annual Report 2014: Protection of…

TEHRAN - Nicholas Haysom, the UN Secretary-General’s Special Representative for Afghanistan, met on Saturday in Tehran with Ibrahim Rahimpour, the Deputy Foreign Minister of Islamic Republic of Iran. Mr. Haysom is stressing the need for Afghanistan's neighbours to give their full support to an…

HERAT - The Government of Afghanistan’s western Herat province presented last week a three-year plan, consisting of more than 1,000 development projects, to international donors.The US$504 million plan, developed with the technical assistance of the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan…