For planning purposes, UNHCR activities in the region through June will cover the needs of up to 880,000 Afghans. This will include 500,000 IDPs and returnees inside Afghanistan; 300,000 ...

Russia views ex-Soviet Central Asia as a traditional sphere of interests and has always been sensitive to instability the Afghan conflict may cause in the region. Drug traffic and Islamic ...

The agency plans to have up to 267 national staff working throughout the country before mid-year. Recent developments in Afghanistan have already rekindled interest in repatriation among many of the 3 ...

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev Thursday brought together the leaders of Afghanistan, Pakistan and their neighbor Tajikistan to try and spur regional economic recovery and attract huge aid flows.