UNICEF Announces Expanded Primary Healthcare Services for Children and Mothers in Afghanistan
The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has announced that it is working to strengthen primary healthcare services and expand access...
The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has announced that it is working to strengthen primary healthcare services and expand access...
Local sources in Ghazni say that the construction of a health center funded by local residents has been completed in...
Naseer Ahmad Faiq, Acting Permanent Representative of Afghanistan to the United Nations, has said that arbitrary detentions, torture, killings, enforced...
Naseer Ahmad Faiq, Acting Permanent Representative of Afghanistan to the United Nations, has said that the Taliban must end gender...
Tajudeen Oyewale, the representative of the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) in Afghanistan, says that investment in the water and...
The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) says that at least 52 women and one girl were arrested or...
A documentary about Zarqa Yaftali, an education and women’s rights activist, has won the Silver Dolphin award at the 2026...
The United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat) says it has begun repairing 800 shelters for vulnerable families in Kunduz and...
Nasir Khan Shirazi, spokesperson for the Taliban-controlled National Examination Authority, says the medical licensing, or “Exit,” exam will be held...
The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) has said that $160 million is needed to meet...
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