Abdul Samad Rohani: Second BBC Reporter Killed The International Federation of Journalists says that the abduction and murder of a local journalist working for the BBC in Afghanistan' s southern Helmand province is the latest in a series of media tragedies that underscores the need for comprehensive international action to confront the global crisis of violence against independent reporters. Abdul Samad Rohani was kidnapped on Saturday and his body was found on Sunday afternoon in Lashkar Gah. |
![]() Farhad Darya is UNDP National Goodwill Ambassador Celebrated musician, artist and human rights activist Farhad Darya has been appointed the UNDP National Goodwill Ambassador for Afghanistan. |
Tow schoolgirls were shot dead in Logar Province Bilal Basharat from Kabul Two schoolgirls were shot dead and six others wounded as unidentified gunmen fired at students on their way home from a school in central Afghanistan on Tuesday. |
Female journalist Zakia Zaki shot dead in Parwan province KABUL, June 6 - Bilal Basharat A female owner of a radio station in northern Afghanistan was shot dead by three unknown gunmen last night. |
Other Avian Influenza H5N1 Outbreak in Afghanistan In our last press communiqué, we mentioned confirmed cases of H5N1 from samples from Nahea 4, Jalalabad City, of Nangarhar Province on 20 February 2007 and from Sawki district of Kunar Province on 24 February 2007. |
Government and UN Join Forces for Afghanistan’s Youth on Kabul, Afghanistan, 11th July 2006 - The Government of Afghanistan and the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) joined forces today to mark ‘World Population Day’. |
31% Afghan Child Labourers Work For 9-15 Hours Per Day Kabul – The Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commission (AIHRC) releases its research report on the situation of child labourers in Afghanistan, which is the result of extensive field research activities across the country. |
Deadly riots follow traffic accident KABUL (IRIN) - At least eight people were killed and more than 100 injured after a deadly traffic accident involving US troops sparked a demonstration in the Afghan capital Kabul, on Monday. |
Vaccinating 2 million children against polio KABUL, (IRIN) - More than 2 million children under the age of five will be vaccinated against the crippling polio virus next week in southern, southeastern and eastern Afghanistan, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) said this week in the Afghan capital, Kabul. |
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