UNICEF today condemned the use of a minor in a Taliban execution as a criminal act. A video circulating in Pakistan shows a young boy beheading an adult. The act was a terrible example of how childre
TOLO TV COMMENCES OFFICIAL PROCEEDINGS AGAINST MR ABDUL JABAR SABET, ATTORNEY GENERAL OF AFGHANISTANOn 19 April 2006, Tolo TV started official proceedings against the Attorney General of Afghanistan, Abdul Jabar Sabet, through a formal complaint to the Supreme Court of Afghanistan. The complaint ide
Signing Contract of the Development of Integrated Dairy Schemes Project in HeratThe Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), in collaboration with the Ministry of Agriculture, Irrigation and Livestock (MAIL) is organizing a signing ceremony in Kabul for the
The Peacebuilding Fund: Bridging the gap between conflict and recoveryLaunched on 11 October 2006 in response to the growing global demand for sustained support to countries emerging from conflict, the United Nations Peacebuilding Fund (PBF) serves as a crucial bridge b
Lemar TV / Al Jazeera License ClarificationThe Minister of Information and Culture, Abdul Karim Khuram, clarified the reasoning behind the suspension of the license for Lemar TV to rebroadcast Al Jazeera English. HE Khuram, the Minister of
FAO hands over equipment worth US$1.5 million to the Ministry of AgricultureThe Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) handed over equipment to the Ministry of Agriculture, Irrigation and Livestock (MAIL) and the Ministry of Energy and Water (MEW) at na
President Hamid Karzai Condemns the Killing of Ajmal NaqshbandiHamid Karzai, President of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, strongly condemned the killing of Ajmal Naqshbandi by the enemies of Afghanistan . The enemies of Afghanistan martyred Ajmal Naqshban
Afghan Ministry of Information and Culture bans the transmissions of Al Jazeera English on Lemar TVFollowing instructions from the Ministry of Information and Culture, the Afghan Attorney Generals Office today instructed Lemar TV to cease transmissions of its Al Jazeera English programming. The
The Declaration of the Afghanistan Media and Civil Society ForumMedia is Development: Afghanistan Media and Civil Society Forum provided the first all-Afghan platform for civil society and media representatives to discuss their role in the Afghan process in the
Leading Afghan Entrepreneur to Invest Million in Housing SectorKabul, Sunday, April 1, 2007: An agreement was signed between the Ministry of Urban Development and a leading Afghan private developer, Haji Najeeb Zarab, at the presence of the Minister of Economy, M
Over 18,000 unregistered Afghans repatriate as deadline nearsMore than 18,000 Afghans have returned home from Pakistan since this years voluntary repatriation season to Afghanistan started on March 1. This comes amid increased checks at the voluntary repatriat
Ajmal Naqshbandi father asks media outlets to call his son reporter not translatorA letter from Ajmal Naqshbandis father, who is under detained of Taliban, is issued that his son should be called journalist not translator. The letter was brought to Media Watch office along wi
Millions of Afghan children head back to schoolNew York, 21 March 2007 More than six million children in Afghanistan are heading back to school this week, as UNICEF and partners are distributing essential school supplies and teaching materials a
CPJ expresses alarm as Italian reporter goes missing in AfghanistanThe Committee to Protect Journalists is alarmed by reports that Italian journalist Daniele Mastrogiacomo, a veteran reporter for the daily La Repubblica based in Afghanistan, has been out of contact w
Inception of Afghanistans New Seed ProjectAn Inception Workshop marking the official launching of a new five-year seed project with funding of Euro 10 million from the European Commission was opened today in Kabul. Present at the ceremony wer
Draft Translation of the new Amnesty LawDue to the fact that peoples Jihad, resistance and rightful struggles for the sake of defense of religion and fatherland have been our country historys glorious ascendancies and are accounted our ma
Other Avian Influenza H5N1 Outbreak in AfghanistanIn 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
European Commission launches drawing contest for children on gender equalityOn International Women's Day 2007, the European Commission launches a worldwide drawing competition for children on gender equality. The street children living in Kabul are invited to express their vi
Avian Influenza H5N1 Outbreak in Afghanistann response to concerns about the possibility of re-introduction of H5N1 due to outbreaks in Pakistan, government veterinarians and FAO field workers have intensified surveillance, actively seeking cas
Saleha Bayat Hospital inaugurated in Mazar-i-Sharif by Afghanistan's President Karzai and the Founder of the Bayat Foundation, Ehsanullah BayatOn Thursday, Feb. 22, President Karzai, joined the Founder of the Bayat Foundation, Ehsanullah Bayat, and other top government officials, in inaugurating a state of the art 100-bed maternity hospital
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