Afghan

Illicit crop monitors in Afghanistan

Afghanistan must do more to rein in ‘unprecedented’ drug trade – UN agency

5 March 2008
The United Nations anti-drugs agency today called on the Afghan Government to do more to dismantle major trafficking and criminal networks in the strife-torn nation which remains the world’s largest producer of opium and heroin.

Maternal health biggest challenge facing Afghan women – UN agency

3 March 2008
Some 24,000 Afghan women die every year while giving birth, according to the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), which is working with the Government and other partners to reduce maternal mortality and improve the overall health of women and girls in the war-torn nation.