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KABUL - The number of people calling Afghanistan’s election hotline is growing everyday, with about 25,000 Afghans ringing the free number each week. Afghanistan’s Independent Election Commission set up the dedicated call…
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June 8, 2009 - The head of the United Nations Department of Political Affairs, Lynn Pascoe, on Monday started a six-nation trip to West and Central Africa which includes Guinea-Bissau. Mr. Pascoe is in the region to meet with…
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Abidjan, 8 June 2009...The Under Secretary-General for United Nations Peacekeeping Operations, Alain Le Roy, is scheduled to pay a working visit to Côte d'Ivoire between 10 and 13 June 2009. The visit, his first since he was…
8 June 2009 - The office of the United Nations agriculture agency was attacked in northern Afghanistan over the weekend, with a rocket-propelled grenade having been fired at the compound. The Food and Agriculture Organization…
KABUL - Nearly 10,000 people who fled fighting and drought conditions eight years ago in the north and west of Afghanistan are heading back home. The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) is helping the first…
KABUL - The World Bank in Afghanistan has announced a new assistance strategy for the country. Ensuring the effectiveness of sound national programmes that deliver services equitably and pooling donor resources are vital to…
4 June 2009 - Afghanistan has been marking World Environment Day with events throughout this week. Today, it was the turn of students at Kabul University to celebrate the occasion with a day-long function that included…