KABUL.’ UN resident coordinator Toby Lanzer told reporters in Geneva on Friday that “Afghanistan has a better chance of finding peace than it has for many years.’ The top UN humanitarian official in the country said there was more coordination…
KABUL, a statement said Thursday. Mohib and Yamamoto met on Wednesday evening, the statement from the National Security Council said. The UN Secretary-General's Special Representative for Afghanistan briefed the Afghan NSA over the November 28 ministerial meeting on Afghanistan in…
KABUL, academia and advocacy groups. “Elections are only truly representative and credible when women fully participate and are included in all parts of the electoral process,” said Tadamichi Yamamoto, the Secretary- General’s Special Representative for Afghanistan and head of UNAMA.…
KABUL (UNAMA) on Thursday said despite significant challenges, progress had been made by the country’s security forces in creating conditions for the majority of citizens to exercise their right to vote. "Afghanistan’s security forces are fully responsible for providing security…
The UN refugee agency has welcomed the Pakistan government’s decision on extending Proof of Registration (PoR) cards issued to 1.4 million Afghan refugees until June 30 2019. UNHCR Country Representative Ruvendrini Menikdiwela said on Friday: “The decision will…
The UN has voiced its concern at the level of violence in the campaign for the October 20 parliamentary elections, including intimidation and attacks against candidates, their agents and supporters. The UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) condemned…
The UN Secretary General António Guterres on Thursday pushed for a dialogue between the Afghan Government and the Taliban, which he said is essential to bring peace in the country. “We know that the way for peace is…
KABUL, Afghanistan’s first inter-agency nationwide toll-free call centre, in Kabul, according to a statement. The new call centre offers a single point of contact through which Afghans affected by conflict and natural disasters can receive critical and life-saving information about…
KABUL’s complex and rapidly evolving displacement crisis. UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi and the United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator Mark Lowcock issued the call at the end of a two-day visit to Afghanistan.…
KABUL, the UN’s top diplomat in the country said on Wednesday. The United Nations continued to maintain that there could be no military solution to the conflict, said Tadamichi Yamamoto, the secretary-general’s special representative for Afghanistan. Equally unacceptable, the fight…
KABUL body said on Tuesday.. On the first International Day of Remembrance and Support to the Victims of Terrorism, the head of the United Nations Office of Counter-Terrorism expressed solidarity with victims and survivors Under-Secretary-General Vladimir Voronkov will take part…
The presence of Taliban in civilian homes and markets in the capital of southern Ghazni province has heightened the risk of civilian casualties in airstrikes, a UN agency warned on Tuesday. The placement of improvised explosive devices (IEDs) along…
KABUL, the United Nations says. In a report published on Monday, UN sanctions monitors said the insurgent outfit continued to exert its influence in Afghanistan, Libya and elsewhere. The militant group still has between 20,000 and 30,000 fighters in Iraq…
The UN has called on warring parties in southern Ghazni province to protect the lives, rights and infrastructure of civilians, according to a statement on Monday. “We call on all parties to the conflict to respect their obligations…
In direct talks with a US delegation in Doha a week ago, the Taliban sought the removal of UN restrictions on their travel, a media report said on Sunday. Maulvi Sher Abbas Stanikzai, who led the Taliban team…
The European Union and the United National are building residential houses for 3,000 deserving families at a cost of $32 in eastern Nangarhar province, an official said on Tuesday. UN Settlements Programme (UN HABITAT) Director Sayed Malook Sherzad…
KABUL, says the UN’s top diplomat in the country. The UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) head, briefing the Security Council on Tuesday, admitted key political events of peace and elections were far from assured but there were unprecedented opportunities…
KABUL, says the UN’s top diplomat in the country. The UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) head, briefing the Security Council on Tuesday, admitted key political events of peace and elections were far from assured but there were unprecedented opportunities…
KABUL’s ratification of the UN Convention against Torture and its Optional Protocol. The EU reiterated its call for a broad ratification and effective implementation of the convention on International Day in Support of Victims of Torture. In a statement, High…
Over 5.2 million Afghan refugees have returned to their homeland over the past 16 years, the United Nations said on Wednesday. In a statement on World, housing and land remained critical challenges for returnees to rebuild their lives.…
KABUL was unanimously elected on Tuesday as chair of the third committee of the UN General Assembly for its upcoming 73rd session. The committee covers agenda items relating to a range of important human rights, social and humanitarian issues affecting…
The United Nations secretary-general has denounced Monday’s suicide attack on a gathering of religious scholars seeking to promote peace.. In a statement, António Guterres said: “No cause can justify such violence. Targeting civilians in this way is a…
KABUL (UNAMA) released on Tuesday. It happens despite a law on the elimination of violence against women in place in Afghanistan since 2009, the report said. The report, “Injustice and Impunity: Mediation of Criminal Offences of Violence against Women,” documents…
UN has welcomed the release of a colleague and her child in Kabul held hostage since January, while expressing outrage at their abduction and the earlier murder of another colleague who was also seized during the same incident,…
