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New muscle for UN-HABITAT water programmes in Asia  
Tokyo, 10 Jun 08
The United Nations Under-Secretary-General and Executive Director of UN-HABITAT,
US First lady Laura Bush hails UN-HABITAT project in Afghanistan  
Kabul, 9 Jun 08
UN-HABITAT’s work in Afghanistan received a major shot in the arm this week after high level visits
UN-HABITAT recognises Afghanistan’s outstanding reconstruction process  
Kabul, 22 Jun 07
UN-HABITAT has presented a special award to the Government of Afghanistan for outstanding achievements in furthering the cause of human settlements in its post-conflict reconstruction programme.
UN-HABITAT staff member murdered in western Afghanistan  
Kabul, 15 Sept 06
A UN-HABITAT staff member in Aghanistan, Mr. Yar Mohammed, was shot and killed this week in the western province of Farah by gunmen wielding automatic weapons.
From Kabul to Vancouver, a common thread to vastly different cities  
Vancouver, 21 Jun 06
Delegates at the Third Session of the World Urban Forum listened in rapt silence on Wednesday as speakers from Kabul and Vancouver presented a picture of two cities at opposite sides of the world and opposite ends of the development.
UN-HABITAT contractor murdered in Afghanistan  
Nairobi, 6 Mar 06
Mohammed Hashim, an Afghan national on contract with UN-HABITAT was brutally murdered on 4 March 2006 while undertaking a routine monitoring visit in Farah Province in western Afghanistan. The engineer, was reportedly stopped by armed men, dragged from his vehicle and summarily shot.
UN-HABITAT unveils new human security programme in Afghanistan  
Kabul, 22 Nov 05
The director of UN-HABITAT’s Regional Office for Asia Pacific, Mr. Madhab Mathema on Monday told a news conference in Kabul that UN-HABITAT was forging ahead with a new human security project aimed at upgrading informal settlements in the three Afghan cities of Kandahar, Mazar, and Jalalabad.
Major Japanese funding for human settlements upgrading in Afghanistan  
Nairobi, 18 Jul 05
The Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the United Nations Trust Fund for Human Security have announced that they will provide over 3 million US dollars towards upgrading homes and urban community facilities in informal settlements in the three Afghan cities of Kandahar, Mazar-e-Sharif and Jalalabad.
Kabul Gets New District Offices  
Kabul, Afghanistan, 21 Aug 04
Until recently, most of the District Offices in Kabul Municipality were either dilapidated or non-existent. Now, thanks to support provided by UN-HABITAT, 11 of the 17 districts in the city have an office. Mayor Ghulam Sakhi Noorzad inaugurated the newest of these offices – in District 17 – on 17 August 2004. Construction of another office in District 16 is expected to be completed later this month.
A unique local community development programme in Afghanistan  
Kabul, 16 Feb 04
A new National Solidarity Programme aimed at strengthening a network of some 30,000 self-governing local community institutions in Afghanistan has been established by the government with the support of UN-HABITAT.
 
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