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Afghanistan’s Persian Linguistic Identity

What’s in a name when it comes to an official language? Quite a lot for Afghanistan.

17,000 civilian positions announced by Afghan IARCSC

Afghan Independent Administrative Reform and Civil Service Commission (IARCSC) announced at least 17,000 new civilian job positions across the country.

The Nimrouz Exhibition: Afghan artists come together for Iran exhibition

Elyas Alavi’s performance piece at a Tehran exhibition showcasing contemporary Afghan artists invites participants to give blood. Samples are taken by a professional nurse and splashed on the wall next to each other.

26 Afghan children die of diarrhea-related diseases each day: Unicef

The United Nations Children’s Fund (Unicef) on Thursday said the diarrhea-related diseases claims the lives of at least 9,500 Afghan children under the age of five each year, equal to 26 one each day.

The EU allocates additional €5m in humanitarian assistance in Afghanistan

The European Union allocated today an additional €5 million in life-saving humanitarian assistance to Afghanistan.

Construction of an irrigation network began in Logar

The construction work of irrigational network kick off in Khoshi district, Logar province.

China contributed $1 million to the WFP to assist vulnerable people in Afghanistan

Chinese government contributed $1 million to the World Food Program (WFP) which would assist nearly 38,000 vulnerable people in Afghanistan, including repatriates from Pakistan.

Get to know Loya Jirga in Afghanistan

The National Unity Government has to convene Loya Jirga in order to find key to all challenges. Through lens of Jirga we could become heavier against all odds.

Poverty, insecurity keeps two-third of Afghan girls out of school

Human Rights Watch in its new report released on Tuesday has said that growing insecurity and poverty in Afghanistan has kept at least two-third of Afghan girls out of schools.