KABUL - The World Drug Report 2009, launched yesterday by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) in Washington DC, shows that global markets for cocaine, opiates and cannabis are steady or in decline, while…

ASTANA, Kazakhstan I would like to thank the Kazakh authorities and NATO representatives for excellent organization of such an event and I am pleased to convey my greetings to the participants of the Euro-Atlantic Partnership…

Editorial by Ahmedou Ould-Abdallah for the Daily Nation

24 June 2009 - The acting United Nations Humanitarian Coordinator in Afghanistan, Tekeste Tekie, today called for better security for aid workers, after three national staff of a local non-governmental organization (NGO) were…

KABUL - The acting United Nations Humanitarian Coordinator in Afghanistan, Tekeste Tekie, today said he was shocked by the indiscriminate attack that took place yesterday in northern Afghanistan that took the lives of three…

KABUL - The irony is stark when one goes to meet Dr Ramzan Bashardost one of Afghanistan’s forty one presidential candidates for the 20 August elections. Seated in a small, hastily-erected canvas tent – the floor dusty and…

24 June 2009 - The irony is stark when one goes to meet Dr Ramzan Bashardost one of Afghanistan’s forty one presidential candidates for the 20 August elections. Seated in a small, hastily-erected canvas tent – the floor dusty…

23 June 2009 - The challenges facing Guinea-Bissau, which has witnessed a spate of political killings and coup attempts since last August, are enormous, the top United Nations envoy to the country said today, urging the…

23 June 2009 - More than eight thousand Afghans will be trained as observers for the forthcoming presidential and provincial council elections on 20 August. It’s not only the Independent Election Commission (IEC) and its…

KABUL - Afghanistan’s fastest-growing telecommunication sector has received a US$ 65 million loan aimed at expanding the mobile network in the country. MTN Afghanistan, the second-largest mobile telephone operator in the…

13 June 2009 - Afghanistan’s Independent Election Commission has announced the final list of candidates for the presidential and provincial council elections due to be held on 20 August. Election Commission President…

KABUL - There are concerns for the participation of women candidates in this year’s elections in Afghanistan. Friday, 8 May marks the last chance for candidates to register for the 20 August presidential and provincial…