KABUL Monday, July 21, 2008 (IRIN) - Mine clearance agencies have made "unprecedented progress" in clearing the country of mines, according to the head of the UN Mine Action Center for Afghanistan (UNMACA).

KABUL Tuesday, July 22, 2008 (IRIN) - The increasing number of attacks on aid agencies is reducing their ability to deliver life-saving assistance to vulnerable communities; the consequences are "serious" and could lead to a "humanitarian crisis", aid workers have

KABUL Wednesday, July 23, 2008 (IRIN) - The Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, US, and Constella Futures, a US-based research organisation, have been awarded contracts to implement Afghanistan's first major HIV/AIDS projects in four cities, the Ministry of Public Health

KABUL Wednesday, July 23, 2008 (IRIN) - Up to 100,000 people have been deprived of access to basic health services in different parts of Afghanistan over the past four months, due largely to worsening insecurity, with attacks on health workers

KABUL Thursday, July 24, 2008 (IRIN) - Despite high hopes for the eradication of polio in Afghanistan, nine new cases have been reported in three southern provinces over the past month.

Barack Obama repeatedly promised Israel's leaders yesterday that its security would remain "paramount" while he promoted efforts to resolve their conflict with the Palestinians early in his first term if elected.

Beirut / Washington - In an abrupt about-face, the State Department on Wednesday scrubbed plans to meet with a visiting delegation from Syria, a meeting that could have signaled an easing of tense U.S. relations with Damascus.

Beirut - The focus in Lebanon is once again the ministerial policy statement that will be adopted by the national unity government for the purpose of securing the parliament's vote of confidence. The committee charged with drafting the statement is