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- Partial recount of votes in Afghanistan ordered
- UN-backed electoral commission has found clear evidence of fraud during the recently held presidential election in Afghanistan. Recounting will be conducted at ...
- Tree project takes root in Afghanistan
- A tree-planting project launched by an all-women local council in central Afghanistan is helping to build a green environment. With support from WFP, local ...
- Breathing clean air in Kabul tops the wish list
- Air pollution in Afghanistan’s capital city has reached dangerous proportions causing respiratory diseases, allergies, miscarriages and cancer. Vehicles plying ...
- Afghanistan’s opium driven GDP
- Opium accounts for more than half of Afghanistan's GDP (at 53%) in 2007, says UNODC's recent Afghan Opium Survey. The total export value of opiates produced ...
- UN and the Afghan government urge for aid
- Food crisis in Afghanistan is deepening by the day. Afghan government has expressed its inability to tackle the food insecurity on its own and has appealed ...
- UN to stay in Afghanistan, says Ban Ki-moon
- UN Secretary-General has assured Afghanistan that his agency will not move out of the country as long as development needs of the strive-torn nation are not ...
- UN assures protection of gravesites
- After the news spread that human remains from Dasht-e-Leili, a gravesite in northern Afghanistan were disappearing, it was construed as an attempt to remove ...
- UN increases aid and staff in Afghanistan
- To reach out to all needy communities, the UN has decided to strengthen its Assistance Mission in Afghanistan by doubling its budget and increasing the staff. ...
- Afghanistan not prepared for winter
- With the snowfall imminent anytime, Afghan government and aid agencies have not yet completed the exercise of pre-positioning essential relief supplies. It is ...
- Thousand splendid suns beginning to shine for women
- Afghanistan may still be a hell for women but in the province of Bamian, they are pushing the boundaries far and wide to claim their piece of sky. They are not ...
- Rise in disability affects education in Afghanistan
- Over years landmine blasts have left hundreds of thousands of children disabled in Afghanistan. Lack of resources and political will have prevented an ...
- Drought forcing children drop out of school
- In northern Afghanistan, a considerable drop in school attendance has been noticed. Although no precise numbers are available, a number of children are ...
- Afghan government fights war with development
- Amidst the fear of Taliban and insurgent fighting, the government is seeking people's help in fighting illiteracy. A school functioning in the southern region ...
- Afghanistan's unsafe medical waste
- Lack of experience and regulation in waste management could prove to be a major health risk for the public as untreated and unmanaged medical waste lie in ...
- Afghan clerics become agents of women's well-being
- Using a faith-based approach, drawn on Islamic cultural values, the United Nations Population Fund is training Muslim clerics in Afghanistan on women's health ...
- Afghan refugees returning in large numbers
- Food crisis, closure of a major camp and dangerous security situation in Pakistan have forced more than quarter of a million Afghan refugees to return to their ...
- Negotiating peace through 'jirgah of the air'
- Despite numerous attempts by NATO-led forces to win the hearts and minds of Afghans, the distrust and fear among local populations is only growing. Gordon ...
- Afghans restrict to small families
- With few government-run welfare services, children are considered insurance for aging parents. But facing the brunt of war and drought, several Afghan couples ...
- Afghanistan high on US agenda under new president
- Drought affected areas of Afghanistan hold no promise for people except perhaps the rising insurgency. With millions reeling under food shortage, whether the ...
- Young Afghans learn amidst conflict
- For the young boys and girls of Afghanistan, it has always been a war zone. However, an NGO run by a local doctor in the country’s eastern region has changed ...
- Saving the lives of Afghan mothers and newborns
- UNICEF-supported maternity waiting home programme in Afghanistan aims to save the lives of mothers and newborn babies by bringing skilled prenatal and ...
- A window of hope for girls in Afghanistan
- For the last two years, UNICEF youth centres have empowered young people to participate in the decision-making process of their community. In a country where ...
- Afghan telemedicine project expedites patient diagnosis
- A tele-radiology machine in a Bamyan hospital is attracting patients as remote diagnosis with experts in Kabul save money and travel. The project is also ...
- Fibre-optic network makes surfing easier in Afghanistan
- Once a costly affair, web access could soon have a wider outreach in Afghanistan due to the country’s new fibre-optics network. Amidst security challenges, ...
- Afghan and Pakistani women learn physiotherapy
- A UNHCR-funded project in Pakistan is helping local and refugee women learn physiotherapy skills. Launched with an objective to qualify them in community ...
- Pakistan observes three decades of hosting Afghans
- For many displaced Afghan nationals, Pakistan has been a home away from home for several years. According to the latest UNHCR report, thousands of registered ...
- Afghan refugees sewing up a new life in Iran
- A UNHCR funded project has trained thousands of Afghani women in Iran in tailoring, language and computers. Learning to become self-sufficient, these women ...
- Migrants from Afghanistan multiplying in the west
- Facing insecurity and lack of economic opportunities at home, young Afghans are increasingly resorting to costly and perilous illegal migration to European and ...
- UN's Afghan mission may soon come to an end
- The UN is reportedly contemplating withdrawal of its staff from Afghanistan following a Taliban attack, which saw five of its personnel dead. During a surprise ...
- New US Afghan prison unveiled
- Rights groups have expressed concerns after a new prison was unveiled on Sunday in Bagram, the main US military base in Afghanistan. The new facility is said ...
