Aerial shot of sunrise - 29 October 2013

News Conference - 28 October 2013

 At a news conference in the Afghan capital, Kabul, today, a civil society group, the Civil Society Coordination Centre, called on the Independent Election Commission to ensure transparency in the process leading up to next year’s Presidential and Provincial Council elections, slated for 5 April, for broader acceptance of its results by the people of Afghanistan. The Secretary-General’s Special Representative for Afghanistan, Ján Kubiš, has previously said that the country's political processes a! nd the transition of political power from the current President to the next President should be within the constitutional framework and through a process of fair, transparent and inclusive elections.

Safe Spaces for Women and Girls - 27 October 2013

 To create awareness about sexual harassment and other forms of sexual violence in public spaces in Afghanistan, over 200 women’s rights and civil society activists participated in a march in Kabul. The theme of the march was “Safe Spaces for Women and Girls” and was organized by UN Women, UN-Habitat, United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the Afghan’s Women Network (AWN) with the support of Ministry of Women Affairs and Kabul Municipality. 

Peace Concert 2013

 Musicians and singing artists from Afghanistan and regional countries cheered up a big audience of young Afghans during the two-day “Afghanistan’s Peace Musical Festival 2013” on 19 and 20 October in Kabul. The theme of festival was “Shana Ba Shana” [transl. Shoulder by Shoulder] and aimed to promote peace and friendship throughout the region by featuring contemporary artists, musicians and performers from Afghanistan, Pakistan, India and Tajikistan. 

The second edition of Afghanistan Human Rights Film Festival (AHRF) 2013 Closing and Award Ceremony: 10 October 2013

 The second International Afghanistan Human Rights Film Festival ended in the capital, Kabul, this week. ‘The Last President,’ a short film by a young Afghan filmmaker, Jamil Jalah, won the best film award in the national category. A total of 65 documentary, fictional and animation productions centred on the issues of human rights, in short- and long-formats, were screened during the UNAMA-backed event. The films were selected from 380 submissions from all over the world, including countries in the region such as Iran, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, and India. 

 The second International Afghanistan Human Rights Film Festival ended in Kabul this week. ‘The Last President,’ by a young Afghan filmmaker, Jamil Jalah, won the best film award in the national category at the UNAMA-backed event. A total of 65 documentary, fictional and animation productions, centred on the issues of human rights, were screened during the UNAMA-backed event. 

Last moments of candidate registration at Independent Election Commission: 06 October 2013