KABUL on Monday urged Afghan authorities to step up their efforts to ensure the law on the Elimination of Violence Against Women (EVAW) was fully implemented in line with their international commitments. The call comes after the law failed this…
KABUL (UNAMA) on Friday urged all political stakeholders in the country to join hands in securing press freedom and the right of expression -- the main achievements of the past decade. On World Press Freedom Day, the mission referred to…
BRUSSELS (PAN, the UN’s top diplomat in the country has identified assistance in areas of elections, reconciliation and regional cooperation as top priorities. Addressing a meeting of NATO and children’s rights and building local institutional capacity. The UN continued to…
BRUSSELS (PAN): Focused on how to end the war in Afghanistan, an important meeting involving foreign ministers of NATO and ISAF nations began in Brussels on Tuesday. The alliance and its international partners will deliberate on how to support Afghan…
KABUL has been increasing for a third year in a row and heading for a record high. The report showed boom in poppy cultivation in the south, especially in regions where US-led troops have been withdrawn or in the process…
WASHINGTON (PAN. Following a special meeting, Security Council President Eugène-Richard Gasana from Rwanda said no terrorist act could reverse the path toward Afghan-led peace, democracy and stability. The Security Council met to condemn the April 3 Taliban attack on a…
KABUL to shun violence and join the peace process. Secretary General Special Representative Jan Kubis said the UN was ready to facilitate negotiations between the Afghan government and its armed opponents. The envoy supported the opening of a Taliban bureau…
KABUL (UNAMA) until March 19, 2014, with Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon urging continued support to the government in Kabul. The 15-member council called on the world body to support the Afghan government’s National Priority Programmes as the process of security, governance…
KABUL (PAN): For the first time in six years, civilian casualties in Afghanistan’s armed conflict dropped by 12 percent in 2012, the United Nations said in its annual report on Tuesday. Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) prepared the Annual Report…
KABUL Jan Kubis on Tuesday said the 2014 presidential election would be Afghan-led and Afghan-managed, emphasising the importance of inclusive dialogue in agreeing the electoral framework. Kubis, who held talks with senior Afghan politicians, including Abdullah Abdullah, Mohammad Hanif Atmar,…
KABUL in 2013, the agency said on Monday. With a donation of more than $660,000, the landlocked country in western Europe of about 525,000 people has consistently supported WFP’s activities in Afghanistan. The latest contribution brings the total amount donated…
KABUL (UNAMA) on Monday welcomed the findings and recommendations by President Hamid Karzai’s fact-finding delegation tasked to investigate torture and ill-treatment of detainees by Afghan authorities. In a statement, the mission said it had not yet received a copy of…
KABUL. Jointly complied by the world body's office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) and Afghanistan's anti-corruption unit, the report found the total cost of corruption increased to $3.9 billion in 2012 -- 40 percent high against 2009's. The survey, based…
KABUL, calling prisoner abuse a serious concern, on Sunday alleged that rampant torture persisted in numerous Afghan-run detention facilities across the country. UNAMA said in a report the assessment was based on interviews with 635 conflict-related detainees held by Afghan…
KABUL’s southwestern Balochistan province and the Swat Valley of northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province. At least 125 people and 150 more injured in the attacks, with the extremist Sunni group Lashkari Jhangavi claiming responsibility for the overnight explosions in Quetta, where…
KABUL): President Hamid Karzai is to leave for the United States next week for talks with his American counterpart, Barack Obama, on the peace process, a proposed security pact and Afghan forces equipment, an official said on Tuesday. The two…
KABUL's northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province. Senior Minister Bashir Ahmed Bilour was assassinated in the bombing in the Qissa Khwani neighbourhood of Peshawar late on Saturday. His personal assistant and a police officer were also killed in the blast, claimed by…
KABUL that his nation was increasingly taking full charge of its destiny. “The Afghan people are inspired by the prospect of a future free from violence and war. And thanks to our joint efforts, important progress towards that endeavor continues,”…
KABUL activists and rights defenders on Monday joined the UN mission to commemorate the “Global Open Day on Women, Peace and Security” in Kabul. UN Secretary-General’s Special Representative for Afghanistan Ján Kubiš hosted the women peace activists associated with different…
KABUL on August 14 and 15. Fifty-two people, including policemen, were killed and more than 168 others wounded in multiple suicide bombings in southeastern Nimroz and and northern Kunduz provinces, officials said on Wednesday. Tuesday’s explosions rocked different neighbourhoods of…
WASHINGTON (PAN. Security Council members recognised the growing role of the neighbouring and regional countries, as well as new partners in the sustainable development of Afghanistan and the entire region, the 15-member body said in a statement. Commending the notable…
KABUL month and allow Afghan families worship in peace. In a statement issued by UNAMA, the Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for Afghanistan Jan Kubis, said the hallmarks of Ramadan are contemplation, worship and compassion. “Let us all work…
KABUL’s affairs director of eastern Laghman province. On Friday, a remote-controlled IED detonated inside Hanifa’s vehicle in Mehtarlam, the provincial capital, killing her and injuring her husband, daughter and six other civilians. Since her appointment in 2008, Hanifa worked tirelessly…
KABUL’s affairs director of eastern Laghman province. On Friday, a remote-controlled IED detonated inside Hanifa’s vehicle in Mehtarlam, the provincial capital, killing her and injuring her husband, daughter and six other civilians. Since her appointment in 2008, Hanifa worked tirelessly…
