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UN and Afghanistan rights commission to hold dialogues on basic freedoms

The United Nations and Afghanistan's Independent Human Rights Commission today announced the start of their joint effort to host dialogues across the country on whether basic rights are being respected.

Afghanistan: Secretary-General condemns murder of five aid workers

Expressing his anger and distress, United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan today condemned the murder of five members of the non-governmental organization Médecins sans Frontières-Holland in northwestern Afghanistan and called on the country's authorities to bring their killers to justice.