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Press Releases | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | Current | ||||||||
Press Releases by UN, Government and Non-Government Agencies | ||||||||||
| 12/29/2005 | Press
Release by UNEP: Introductory Workshop on key Environmental Issues in Afghanistan - English - Dari | |||||||||
| 12/15/2005 | Press
Release by AIHRC on Truth-Seeking and Reconciliation Afghanistan
- English | |||||||||
| 12/12/2005 | Press
Release by FAO: Dairy policy development Workshop
- English | |||||||||
| 12/12/2005 | Press
Release by UNODC: Afghan Government and United Nations Announce Final Report
on Poppy Cultivation Survey for 2005
- English | |||||||||
| 12/11/2005 | Press
Release by UNODC: Ceremony to hand-over equipment to Afghan Border Police - English | |||||||||
| 12/11/2005 | Press
Release by UNDP: Counter Narcotics Trust Fund Gets Boost from EC
- English | |||||||||
| 12/11/2005 | Press
Release by FAO: International Mountain Day Mountain Tourism Making it Work
for the Poor
- English
- Dari | |||||||||
| 12/11/2005 | Press
Release by ANBP: Almost 80 Tons of Food Distributed to 933 Most Needy Ex-Combatants
and their Families
- English
- Dari | |||||||||
| 12/10/2005 | Press
Release by DRCJS: Hundreds of Weapons Voluntarily Surrendered in Takhar
Province
- English
- Pashto
- Dari | |||||||||
| 12/08/2005 | Press
Release by MOWA: Preventing Child and Forced Marriages and the Role of Shuras
and Community District Forums Workshop
- English | |||||||||
| 12/08/2005 | Press
Release by UNFPA: The Health Impact of Child and Forced Marriages
- English | |||||||||
| 12/07/2005 | Press
Release by UNHCR: High Commissioner for Human Rights says total Ban on Torture
Under Attack in "War on Terror"
- English | |||||||||
| 12/05/2005 | Press
Release by UNESCO: About the Cultural Landscape and Archaeological Remainings
of the Bamyan Valley in Afghanistan
- English | |||||||||
| 12/05/2005 | Press
Release by UNV: UNV in Afghanistan
- English | |||||||||
| 12/05/2005 | Press
Release by UNHCR: The UN Refugee Agency is to Suspend Voluntary Repatriation
of Afghans from Pakistan from December 20 until March 1, 2006
- English | |||||||||
| 12/05/2005 | Press
Release by German Embassy Kabul: Fair Trial Workshop in Kabul
- English | |||||||||
| 12/04/2005 | Speach
by Serge Verniau FAO Representative in Afghanistan: Transboundary Animal
Diseases in Afghanistan to be Addressed on Regional Basis
- English | |||||||||
| 12/04/2005 | Press
Release by FAO: Transboundary Animal Diseases in Afghanistan to be Addressed on Regional Basis - English | |||||||||
| 12/04/2005 | Press
Release by UNODC: The Government of Afghanistan and the United Nations Announce
the start of Construction of a Female Detention and Juvenile Rehabilitation
Centre
- English | |||||||||
| 11/30/2005 | Press
Release by UNFPA: HIV/AIDS: Afghanistan Must Act Now
- English | |||||||||
| 11/30/2005 | Press
Release by UNEP: National Train-the-Trainers Workshop for Customs Officers
on Monitoring and Control of Ozone Depleting Substances
- English | |||||||||
| 11/28/2005 | Press
Release by UNIFEM: The
Workshop on the “Elimination of Violence Against Women: Preventing
Child and Forced Marriage” Organized by Ministry of Women’s
Affairs Results in Signing of Protocol; - English | |||||||||
| 11/28/2005 | Press
Release by UNICEF: Afghan Teachers to Benefit from new Provincial Colleges - English - Dari | |||||||||
| 11/28/2005 | Press
Release by UNFPA: Message of Thoraya Ahmed Obaid
- English | |||||||||
| 11/28/2005 | Press
Release by UNFPA: Orange
for Change - English | |||||||||
| 11/28/2005 | Press
Release by UNDP: Human Rights Treaty Reporting Project Officially Launched
- English | |||||||||
| 11/28/2005 | Press
Release by FAO: Greening Afghanistan Initiative (GAIN) Starts in Bamyan
- English | |||||||||
| 11/28/2005 | Press
Release by FAO: FAO
and MAAHF Support a People-centred Approach to Agricultural Development
and to the Fight Against Malnutrition - English | |||||||||
| 11/28/2005 | Press
Release by FAO: Afghanistan Awareness Workshop on Avian Influenza
- English | |||||||||
| 11/24/2005 | Press
Release by UNODC: Strengthening
of 36 Departments of the Ministry of Justice in 9 Provinces of Afghanistan
- English | |||||||||
| 11/21/2005 | Press
Release by USAID: Increased
HIV Prevention and Treatment Efforts Needed to Slow and Reverse AIDS Epidemic,
According to new UNAIDS/WHO Report - English | |||||||||
| 11/21/2005 | Press
Release by UN-Habitat: Human Security Project
- English | |||||||||
| 11/21/2005 | Press
Release by WFP: Kandahar Schoolgirl Winner in International Art Competition - English | |||||||||
| 11/21/2005 | Press
Release by UNHCR: United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees to Visit
Afghanistan
- English | |||||||||
| 11/21/2005 | Press
Release by ANBP: Ammunition Survey Update
- English | |||||||||
| 11/20/2005 | Press
Release by UNDP: 2005 GMA Winners Selected
- English | |||||||||
| 11/20/2005 | Press
Release by FAO: Workshop
on the Role of the Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Husbandry and Food (MAAHF)
in Fighting Malnutrition - English | |||||||||
| 11/17/2005 | Press
Release by UNFPA: UNFPA
Feature Film ‘Awlaad’ (Child) Opens Japan Prize 2005 - English | |||||||||
| 11/14/2005 | Press
Release by UNDP: United
Nations International Year of Microcredit Comes to Afghanistan - English | |||||||||
| 11/14/2005 | Press
Release by ANBP: Former
“DDR-ed” Officers to Report to ANBP Regional Offices - English | |||||||||
| 11/10/2005 | Press
Release by UNICEF:
National
Radio Television Afghanistan is Committed to Produce More and Better Programmes
for Children with Support from UNICEF - English | |||||||||
| 11/07/2005 |
Press
Release by ANBP: Large
Quantity of Mines Destroyed at the Central Demolition Site of Halo Trust
- English | |||||||||
| 10/31/2005 | Press
Release by UNDP: November
Declared Human Development Month at Kabul University - English
- Pashto
- Dari | |||||||||
| 10/24/2005 | Press
Release by UNICEF: Special
Press Briefing on HIV And Children - English | |||||||||
| 10/24/2005 | Press
Release by WFP: WFP
Pre-Positioning Food for Harsh Afghan Winter - English | |||||||||
| 10/22/2005 | Press
Release by ANBP: The
Joint Secretariat of the D&R Commission Visits Khost Province - English
- Pashto
- Dari | |||||||||
| 10/20/2005 | Press
Release by WFP: WFP
Managed to Reach Pakistan Quake Victims in Remote Areas - English | |||||||||
| 10/18/2005 | Press
Release by FAO: World
Food Day 16 October 2005 - English | |||||||||
| 10/15/2005 | Press
Release by ANBP: Former
“DDR-Ed” Officers to Report to ANBP Regional Offices - English
- Pashto
- Dari | |||||||||
| 09/16/2005 | Press
Release by UNV HQ: UN
Volunteers at the Frontline of Afghanistan Elections - English | |||||||||
| 09/16/2005 | Press
Release by UNHCR: UNHCR
Deplores Forced Return of Afghan Refugee Family from Tajikistan - English | |||||||||
| 09/15/2005 | Press
Release by UNEP: International
Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer Celebrations in Afghanistan - English | |||||||||
| 09/07/2005 | Press
Release by UNHCR: Voluntary
Repatriation of Afghans to be Temporarily Suspended - English | |||||||||
| 09/02/2005 | Press
Release by UNHCR: Guterres
Hails Afghan Accession to Refugee Convention - English - Dari | |||||||||
| 09/01/2005 | Press
Release by UNICEF: 7
Million Children to be Vaccinated as Afghanistan Strives to Eradicate Polio
- English | |||||||||
| 09/01/2005 | Press
Release by UNHCR: Number
of Afghans Returning from Pakistan’s Tribal Areas Climbing - English | |||||||||
| 08/29/2005 | Joint
Press Release by Islamic Republic of Afghanistan and UNODC: United
Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) Discloses Marked Decrease in 2005
Opium Cultivation in Afghanistan - English | |||||||||
| 08/29/2005 | Press
Release by UNHCR: Tripartite
Commission Meeting - English | |||||||||
| 08/15/2005 | Press
Release by JEMB: Start of Official Campaigning Period
- English
-
Pashto
- Dari | |||||||||
| 08/11/2005 | Press
Release by WFP: WFP
Pre-Positions Food Stocks to Assist Needy Afghans - English | |||||||||
| 08/11/2005 | Press
Release by SAYARA: Mobile
Theatre Plays on Disability and Mine Risks Awareness - English | |||||||||
| 08/08/2005 | Press
Release by UNDP: UNDP
Juditial Conference - English | |||||||||
| 08/08/2005 | Press
Release by SAYARA: Mobile
Educative Theater reaches record audience - English | |||||||||
| 08/08/2005 | Press
Release by UNHCR: FATA
Refugee Camps to Close - English | |||||||||
| 08/07/2005 | Press
Release by UNFPA: UNFPA
Saves Seven Clinics from Closure - English | |||||||||
| 08/04/2005 | Press
Release by UNEP: Afghanistan
Mountaineering Program Graduates First Class of 22 Trekking Guides - English | |||||||||
| 08/01/2005 | Press
Release by UNHCR: UNHCR
Facilitates Voluntary Repatriation of Afghans from Gujranwala - English | |||||||||
| 07/31/2005 | Press
Release by UNFPA: Religious
Leaders to fight HIV/AIDS - English | |||||||||
| 07/28/2005 | Press
Release by UNODC: Counter
Narcotics Criminal Justice Task Force Becomes Operational - English | |||||||||
| 07/28/2005 | Press
Release by UNICEF: UNICEF
Regional Director for South Asia Pays First Visit to Afghanistan - English
- Dari | |||||||||
| 07/28/2005 | Press
Release by UNICEF: World
Breastfeeding Week Puts Spotlight on Improved Feeding Practices - English
- Dari | |||||||||
| 07/28/2005 | Press
Release by BBC: Free
and Fair - Reporting on Afghanistan's First Democratic Elections Project
- English | |||||||||
| 07/27/2005 | Press
Release by UNDP: Countries
Examine National Strategies for Achieving MDGs Ahead of High-level Ministerial
Meeting - English | |||||||||
| 07/21/2005 | Press
Release by UNHCR: Afghan
Refugee Repatriation - English | |||||||||
| 07/21/2005 | Press
Release by UNICEF: New Round of Child Soldier Demobilization Begins in West
Afghanistan
- English
- Dari | |||||||||
| 07/18/2005 | Press
Release by UNHCR: "Frequently Asked Question" A Circular for Afghan
Refugees from UNHCR
- English
-
Pashto
- Dari | |||||||||
| 07/18/2005 | Press
Release by UNIFEM: Government Task Force for Combating Violence Against
Women Releases 3-Month Workplan
- English | |||||||||
| 07/17/2005 | News
Update by UNFPA: News Update, 17 July 2005
- English | |||||||||
| 07/17/2005 | Press
Release by JEMB: Voter Registration for Returnees
- English
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Pashto
- Dari | |||||||||
| 07/14/2005 | Press
Release by European Commission: Press Conference with European Union Parliamentarians
- English
- Dari | |||||||||
| 07/13/2005 | Press
Release by UNICEF: Afghan Ministry of Health and Unicef Plans Extended Diarrhoeal
Disease Campaign
- English | |||||||||
| 07/10/2005 | Press
Release by ARTF: Donors Contribute Over US$1 Billion to Support Afghanistan’s
National Budget
- English
-
Pashto
- Dari | |||||||||
| 07/07/2005 | Press
Release by JEMB: JEMB Approves Campaign Regulations
- English
-
Pashto
- Dari | |||||||||
| 07/06/2005 | Press
Release by JEMB: Deadline Nears for Candidate Withdrawals and Responses
to Provisional Exclusions
- English | |||||||||
| 07/06/2005 | Press
Release by UNDP: Japan Supports Initiatives for Peace and Reconstruction
in Afghanistan
- English | |||||||||
| 07/04/2005 | Press
Release by UNDP: Tyranny of Averages Challenging Afghan Development Progress
- English | |||||||||
| 07/04/2005 | Press
Release by JEMB: Voter Information Centre Launched
- English
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Pashto
- Dari | |||||||||
| 07/02/2005 | Press
Release by JEMB: The Provinsional Candidate Lists
- English | |||||||||
| 06/30/2005 | Press
Release by World Bank: World Bank Provides Supplemental Grant for Afghanistan’s
National Solidarity Program
- English
-
Pashto | |||||||||
| 06/30/2005 | Press
Release by JEMB: The Provinsional Candidate Lists
- English
-
Pashto
- Dari | |||||||||
| 06/29/2005 | Press
Release by WFP: WFP Floods Operational Updates
- English | |||||||||
| 06/28/2005 | Media
Release by SAYARA: Student Radio Opens at Khost University
- English | |||||||||
| 06/25/2005 | Press
Release by FAO: FAO Organized a 4 day workshop on Agricultural Products
Quality and Market Access
- English | |||||||||
| 06/20/2005 | Press
Release by WFP: WFP Sending Emergency Aid to Storm-Hit Afghan Province - English | |||||||||
| 06/20/2005 | Press
Release by UN: Courage, Perseverance of Refugees in Overcoming Adversity
Inspiration, Says Secretary-General in Message on International Day
- English | |||||||||
| 06/16/2005 | ||||||||||