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UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Afghanistan Richard Bennett has called for an independent and transparent investigation into a Pakistani military regime airstrike on a drug rehabilitation hospital in the capital Kabul.

The United Nations’ special rapporteur has warned that the international community has effectively allowed Israel to subject Palestinians in the occupied territories to sustained physical and mental suffering, according to a report cited by Al Jazeera.

The United Nations says at least 34 civilians were martyred and 89 others injured in Pakistani military attacks inside Afghanistan from February 26 to March 1.

The United Nations has designated 2026 as the “International Year of Women Farmers,” emphasising the decisive role of women in ensuring global food security and economic growth.

United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Political and Peacebuilding Affairs Rosemary DiCarlo has expressed sorrow over civilian casualties caused by Pakistani military airstrikes in Afghanistan and said the matter would be raised with UN member states and other stakeholders.

KABUL (Pajhwok): The United States has partially paid approximately $160 million of its more than $4 billion debt to the United Nations. Reuters, citing a

Afghanistan’s Minister of Interior, Khalifa Sirajuddin Haqqani, held talks with a delegation led by Rosemary DiCarlo, UN Under-Secretary-General for Political and Peacebuilding Affairs, to discuss strengthening engagement between Afghanistan and the international community, along with other key issues.

KABUL (Pajhwok): The Ambassador of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA) to Qatar, Mohammad Sohail Shaheen, met with the Deputy High Commissioner of the UNHCR,

The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights has expressed serious concern over the situation in Venezuela following a United States military operation, stating that governments must not use threats or force against the territorial integrity or political independence of any country.

KABUL(Pajhwok): Former Iraqi President Barham Ahmed Salih has been elected by the United Nations General Assembly as the new High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR). Salih

United Nations agencies on Friday urged the US to uphold international obligations toward asylum seekers after US President Donald Trump announced plans to halt migration from what he described as “Third World” countries in the wake of an attack near the White House.

The United Nations says it has dispatched relief teams to northern Afghanistan to assess needs and deliver emergency assistance following Sunday night’s earthquake.