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May 2023

• 25/05/2023 - CALL FOR INTEREST

April 2023

• 16/04/2023 - Drip Irrigation System Increases Citrus Production in Nangarhar

March 2023

• 26/03/2023 - Supporting drug users in Afghanistan

September 2022

• 21/09/2022 - UNDP Afghanistan supports 17 drug treatment centers through UNODC

August 2022

• 29/08/2022 - Backyard Poultry Farming Improves Food Security of Female-headed Family in Helmand – Babri Bibi’s Story

July 2022

• 04/07/2022 - Alternative Development Program Opens a Window of Hope for Farmers in Helmand province

May 2022

• 24/05/2022 - UNODC Afghanistan addresses impact of crises on communities while celebrating the International World Drug Day 2022
• 15/05/2022 - UNODC Organized Two-day Products Exhibition for Women Entrepreneurs in Kabul

April 2022

• 07/04/2022 - Women-led backyard poultry farm becomes a reliable occupation for vulnerable households in Maidan Wardak Province

March 2022

• 29/03/2022 - Learning about Psychosocial Intervention and Support for Drug dependence

July 2021

• 07/07/2021 - 67 MT of Drugs and Precursor Chemicals Destroyed by Counter Narcotics Police of Afghanistan

June 2021

• 17/06/2021 - Nargis
• 17/06/2021 - Counter Narcotics Canine (K9) Project
• 17/06/2021 - Farmer Call Center Improves Farmersâ Knowledge and Access to the Extension Services -Suman Story
• 17/06/2021 - Irrigation Canal Improves Licit Cultivation in Jawzjan

May 2021

• 18/05/2021 - High Quality Feed banks - A Local Solution to Support Farmers

April 2021

• 05/04/2021 - MAIL'S AG-FAIR

March 2021

• 23/03/2021 - Inauguration of Drug Recovery Center at CNPA HQ, Kabul, Afghanistan
• 10/03/2021 - SAHERA A SUCCESSFUL DAIRY PROCESSING ENTREPRENEUR
• 08/03/2021 - New Skills, New job, New income and New status Zahra Story, Nimroz Province

February 2021

• 10/02/2021 - Inauguration of Airport Interdiction Unit (AIU) at Mawlana Jalaluddin Mohammad Balkhi International Airport, Mazar-i-Sharif

December 2020

• 23/12/2020 - Mohammad Salem's journey from poppy farming
• 23/12/2020 - Gulpari - A Proud Dairy and Rose Entrepreneur
• 23/12/2020 - Feed Bank Produces High Quality Concentrate Feed from Local Materials in Bamiyan
• 22/12/2020 - Inauguration of Airport Interdiction Unit (AIU) at Ahmadshah Baba International Airport - Kandahar

September 2020

• 22/09/2020 - K9 Groundbreaking Ceremony
• 03/09/2020 - PRESS RELEASE CEREMONIAL GROUNDBREAKING KICKS OFF CONSTRUCTION OF COUNTER NARCOTICS CANINE (K9) CENTER

August 2020

• 31/08/2020 - UNODC Country Office For Afghanistan Provides Personal Protective Equipment To Anti-Corruption Justice Center In Response To The Covid-19 Outbreak
• 30/08/2020 - Celebrating the International World Drug Day
• 30/08/2020 - Raising Community Awareness and Safeguarding against COVID-19
• 30/08/2020 - Afghanistan Harm Reduction project supports the Government and Civil Society Organizations during COVID-19 pandemic.
• 30/08/2020 - PPE (Personal Protective Equipment) to Jangalak Drug Treatment Centers during COVID 19 outbreak
• 30/08/2020 - Greenhouse Increases Women Participation in Household Economy in Samangan
• 30/08/2020 - Greenhouses- a stable source of income for farmers during COVID-19
• 30/08/2020 - Estmatullah’s poultry farm supports his family through the COVID 19 pandemic
• 30/08/2020 - Drip irrigation helps in water conservation and increase citrus fruit production in eastern Afghanistan

May 2020

• 18/05/2020 - UNODC COUNTRY OFFICE FOR AFGHANISTAN PROVIDES PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT TO COUNTER NARCOTICS POLICE OF AFGHANISTAN IN RESPONSE TO THE CORONAVIRUS OUTBREAK

April 2020

• 15/04/2020 - Celebrating Afghan Women Entrepreneurs
• 14/04/2020 - UNODC Celebrates the International Women's Day
• 13/04/2020 - Afghanistan joins UNODC global initiative against human trafficking and migrant smuggling

March 2020

• 11/03/2020 - Improvised Explosive Device (IED), HAZMATID 360 AND FIRST DEFENDER TRAINING
• 11/03/2020 - Jalalabad Port Conrol Unit Siezed Calcium Carbonate
• 11/03/2020 - Antique Swords seized in Kabul
• 11/03/2020 - Seizure of Ammonium Sulphate in Zaranj

August 2019

• 21/08/2019 - Summer Agfair in Badam Bagh Kabul
• 21/08/2019 - FROM MAKER TO THE MARKET
• 15/08/2019 - Summer Agfair in Badam Bagh Kabul

July 2019

• 17/07/2019 - UNODC Awards Scholarships to Students Contributing to Counter-Narcotics Messaging
• 17/07/2019 - Methamphetamine seizure by MDT in Kabul
• 04/07/2019 - Heroin seizure by MDT in Baghlan

June 2019

• 24/06/2019 - The second of batch of ‘in country’ ACCU (Air Cargo Control Unit) training events
• 10/06/2019 - UNODC Equips Radio Studio of MAIL

May 2019

• 13/05/2019 - UNODC Conducts Two -Day Marketing Workshop

April 2019

• 23/04/2019 - Officers from the Counter Narcotics Police of Afghanistan's (CNPA) Mobile Detection Team (MDT) provide training to Uzbek Counterparts
• 01/04/2019 - Farmers’ Day (Mela-e-Dehqaan) celebrated in Badambagh garden in Kabul

March 2019

• 19/03/2019 - Seizure Report from Jalalabad PCU

February 2019

• 07/02/2019 - Fifty Thousand AFN Reward to "Rat-out a Drug Dealer"

January 2019

• 30/01/2019 - Kabul Air Cargo Seizure
• 30/01/2019 - Pistol Seizure on Torkham-Jalalabad Highway
• 29/01/2019 - Jalalabad Seizure
• 22/01/2019 - Jalalabad PCU Seizure

December 2018

• 24/12/2018 - Sixth UNODC-WCO Container Control Programme Unit opened in Afghanistan
• 23/12/2018 - First-ever Communications Centre Inaugurated for the Afghan Farmers
• 13/12/2018 - United Nations in Afghanistan Marks International Anti-Corruption Day
• 09/12/2018 - Handover of Archeological Articrafts to the Government of Afghanistan
• 09/12/2018 - HazMat 360 Training and Handover to Kabul Air Cargo Control Unit (ACCU)
• 05/12/2018 - Security Council Resolution 1988 Committee Holds VTC to hear Afghan Opium Survey Findings from Mark Colhoun, Representative of UNODC Country Office for Afghanistan

November 2018

• 28/11/2018 - Air Cargo Control Units (ACCU) undertook basic training
• 22/11/2018 - The Seizure of Hash and Pistols in Jalalabadof of Alternative Development in Afghanistan

October 2018

• 07/10/2018 - National Conference: The Role of Agricultural Extension Services in Promotion of Alternative Development in Afghanistan

July 2018

• 09/07/2018 - World Drug Day & National Mobilization Week Report

November 2017

• 26/11/2017 - UNODC Alternative Development Programme Launched - BADILL, (Boost Alternative Development Interventions Through Licit Livelihoods)
• 20/11/2017 - The Afghanistan Opium Survey Release 2017

September 2017

• 26/09/2017 - Afghan Entrepreneurs Learn Innovative Agriculture Techniques and Exchange Ideas with the Farmers and Traders in India
• 26/09/2017 - Border Liaison Office (BLO) and Mobile Detection Team (MDT)

July 2017

• 23/07/2017 - New Penal Code adopted in Afghanistan
• 18/07/2017 - National Mobilization Week against Drugs and Illicit Trafficking in Afghanistan
• 10/07/2017 - Messages

May 2017

• 28/05/2017 - Heroin Interdiction Successes at Kabul International Airport
• 28/05/2017 - Afghan Entrepreneurs learn about new innovative techniques and exchange ideas with farmers in Mahrashtra and Delhi, India

April 2017

• 09/04/2017 - Training for Anti-Corruption Justice Center (ACJC) Officials

March 2017

• 29/03/2017 - Farmer's Day celebrated in Badam Bagh Kabul

September 2016

• 01/09/2016 - International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking (IDADAIT) and The National Mobilization against Narcotics (NMN)

December 2015

• 09/12/2015 - Afghanistan Drug Report 2015: Press Release

November 2015

• 26/11/2015 - Minister Azimi Led the Afghanistan Delegation to ICAD-2
• 19/11/2015 - Second UNODC-WCO Container Control Programme Unit opened in Afghanistan

September 2015

• 02/09/2015 - Eminent Progress Being Observed on National Mobilization against Narcotics
• 02/09/2015 - Herat Governor Visits the Land Stabilization Project in Kohsan District - Herat

August 2015

• 17/08/2015 - New Alternative Livelihood Projects Launched in Afghanistan by MCN Minister
• 12/08/2015 - 2015 World Drug Day (WDD) Celebrations in Afghanistan

June 2015

• 23/06/2015 - Launch of the Afghanistan Drug Reporting System (ADRS)

December 2014

• 17/12/2014 - Successes and significant challenges in countering narcotics
• 11/12/2014 - Opening of the first inter-agency Joint Port Control Unit of the UNODC-WCO Container Control Programme in Afghanistan

November 2014

• 20/11/2014 - Torkham Border Liaison Office (BLO) contributes to seizures of precursor chemicals
• 20/11/2014 - National Conference on Development of Oil Seed Crops held in Mazar-e-Sharif, Balkh Province, Afghanistan
• 04/11/2014 - The Counter Narcotics Police of Afghanistan (CNPA) destroys over 20 tonnes of seized contraband

October 2014

• 06/10/2014 - UNODC provides spcecialized precursor training
• 06/10/2014 - UNODC supported Afghan mobile detection teams
• 06/10/2014 - UNODC continues support to modernized judicial facilities

March 2014

• 11/03/2014 - Afghan Students Shared Their Views on Corruption

August 2013

• 13/08/2013 - World Drug Day marked in Afghanistan - 26 June 2013
• 13/08/2013 - UNODC Afghanistan Contributed its publications to the Afghanistan Centre at Kabul University

July 2013

• 29/07/2013 - Operational Intelligence Meeting 1st to 2nd July 2013 Almaty, Kazakhstan

March 2013

• 18/03/2013 - Afghan Counter Narcotics Mobile Training Team (MTT)

February 2013

• 07/02/2013 - Despite progress, Afghanistan’s total corruption cost increases to $3.9 billion

December 2012

• 05/12/2012 - First Meeting of the General Prosecutors/Attorney Generals of the countries in West and Central Asia

October 2012

• 29/10/2012 - Afghan-Iranian Border Liaison Office (BLO) meeting in Tayabad, Islamic Republic of Iran
• 29/10/2012 - Border Liaison Officers seize drugs in Herat

September 2012

• 24/09/2012 - Counter Narcotics Police goes online with Precursor Incident Communication System in Afghanistan

July 2012

• 17/07/2012 - The World Drug Day Commemoration in Afghanistan

May 2012

• 31/05/2012 - UNODC chief visits northern Afghan province of Badakhshan
• 30/05/2012 - UNODC Chief visits transition house for women leaving prison in Kabul
• 29/05/2012 - UNODC chief and President Karzai of Afghanistan discuss national and regional counter-narcotics action
• 29/05/2012 - UNODC chief launches Afghanistan country programme
• 18/05/2012 - Regional Workshop on International Cooperation in Criminal Matters

April 2012

• 23/04/2012 - UNODC hands over the Display Room at the CNTA to the Afghan Government
• 12/04/2012 - Construction of the Counter Narcotics Directorate in Farah Province begins

March 2012

• 08/03/2012 - Turning the tide for women and girls who use drugs in Afghanistan

January 2012

• 25/01/2012 - UNODC and the Government of Japan sign US$ 9 million Grant Agreement
• 13/01/2012 - Afghan opium prices soar as production rises

October 2011

• 11/10/2011 - Opium production in Afghanistan shows increase, prices set to rise

August 2011

• 17/08/2011 - Train the trainer programme
• 15/08/2011 - UNODC provides motorbikes vocational training course to Afghan farmers
• 09/08/2011 - IT Equipment and furniture handed over to the Ministry of Counter Narcotics

July 2011

• 04/07/2011 - Support for Children at the Kabul Open Juvenile Rehabilitation Centre

June 2011

• 06/06/2011 - House of Hope: Post-Release Transitional Programme for Women Leaving Prison in Kabul

April 2011

• 18/04/2011 - Despite high prices of opium, a slight decrease in poppy cultivation in 2011

March 2011

• 14/03/2011 - Handing over of the alternative livelihoods project in Jawzjan province

February 2011

• 01/02/2011 - Press briefing on the Opium Winter Rapid Assessment Survey (ORAS)

January 2011

• 26/01/2011 - High opium prices threaten drug control efforts of recent years

December 2010

• 28/12/2010 - UNODC provides training in research methodology for the students at Kabul University
• 16/12/2010 - Danish and Finnish Ambassadors visited UNODC projects in Herat
• 10/12/2010 - The first Border Liaison Office in Afghanistan inaugurated
• 09/12/2010 - First Afghan to Afghan training in CNTA
• 01/12/2010 - Putting people first: UNODC Executive Director visits drug treatment centre and women's prison in Afghanistan

October 2010

• 14/10/2010 - UNODC Work in Kandahar
• 04/10/2010 - Sharp Drop in Afghan Opium Production

September 2010

• 07/09/2010 - Life in the Mountains of Badakhshan
• 02/09/2010 - Drug Burn Event in Kabul

August 2010

• 25/08/2010 - UNODC assists Afghanistan justice system in setting up code of ethics
• 17/08/2010 - Handing over the building to the Provincial Judicial Officials of Bamyan
• 05/08/2010 - UNODC promotes international cooperation in West and Central Asia
• 05/08/2010 - Drug Use in Afghanistan Survey Released

February 2010

• 02/02/2010 - Interview with Jean-Luc Lemahieu

January 2010

• 28/01/2010 - Interview with Ms. Maria Bashir
• 11/01/2010 - Anti-Corruption Efforts in Afghanistan – Code of Ethics

December 2009

• 29/12/2009 - The Remote Frontier - UNODC Assistance to Afghanistan's Border Patrol
• 17/12/2009 - Afghanistan: UNODC helps improve justice system
• 14/12/2009 - From ‘Plan’ to ‘Action’ – UNODC spearheaded Joint Assessment Mission to Herat and Ghor

October 2009

• 06/10/2009 - Photo of the Day: upgrading infrastructure

July 2009

• 11/07/2009 - Global Decrease in Opium Cultivation due to a Decrease in Afghanistan

June 2009

• 26/06/2009 - Global Decrease in Opium Cultivation due to a Decrease in Afghanistan

April 2009

• 12/04/2009 - Sub-Regional HIV/AIDS Prevention Project

March 2009

• 30/03/2009 - Alternative Livelihoods for Afghan Farmers
• 29/03/2009 - Costs of Heroin Processing in Afghanistan