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KABUL - Afghanistan's road system, damaged by decades of war and a serious impediment to economic growth, faces reconstruction and rehabilitation.
KABUL - The potential export value of Afghanistan’s opium has dropped 18 per cent this year, the United Nations anti-drug body reported today, but it cautioned that further progress hinges on rooting out corruption in the…
The International Contact Group, chaired by the SRSG, met in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia on 17 December 2009 with representatives from more than 30 countries, regional and international organizations to discuss concrete measures to…
Jeddah, 17 December 2009 – I would like to thank all our friends and partners from here and far away, the Somali Prime Minister, the...
Representatives from more than 30 countries, regional and international organizations are meeting in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. They will discuss concrete measures to support further the Somali Government and the implementation of…
KABUL - Eight years after the end of Taliban rule, women in Afghanistan still continue to face injustice and are often punished for "moral crimes."
Nairobi, 16 December 2009 – Representatives from more than 30 countries, regional and international organisations are meeting in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia on 17 December. They will discuss concrete measures to support further the…
Communiqué of the 2 nd Meeting of the High-Level Committee. Nairobi, 15 December 2009
The SRSG chaired a meeting of the High Level Committee (HLC) on 15 December 2009 in Nairobi, which was attended by the Somali PM Omar Abdirashid Ali Sharmarke, and a number of cabinet ministers. The SRSG appealed to the…
GENEVA - The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has made its first visit to Afghan prisoners held by the Taliban. The visit took place last month in the north-western province of Badghis. Patrick Maigua reports…
KABUL - A new vaccine against polio will be used for the first time, today, in Afghanistan, as a campaign to immunize some 3 million children gets underway. The bivalent oral vaccine, known as bOPV, can protect children…