The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has welcomed a contribution of US$3.8 million from the United Nations Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) to support Afghans forced to leave Pakistan and return to Afghanistan. The funding will allow…
Bamyan governor Mawlavi Abdullah Sarhadi has asked the United Nations to support Afghan craftswomen. Yasmin Jaswal, United Nations representative for women’s affairs, called on Sarhadi and they talked about support for businesswomen in selling their handicrafts. Sahardi…
Afghan government’s representatives should be invited to every international conference held about Afghanistan, acting deputy prime minister for administrative affairs Maulvi Abdul Salam Hanafi has said. A statement from the Presidential Palace said Hanafi met today with United…
United Nations agencies have provided assistance to about 140,000 Afghan refugees returning from Pakistan during the past two months, officials say.
UN humanitarian aid chief Martin Griffiths says the world body is allocating $10 million for Afghan refugees returning from Pakistan. Griffiths wrote on his X handle: “More than 300,000 Afghans have returned from Pakistan to Afghanistan since mid-September.…
United Nations human rights chief Volker Türk says arbitrary arrests and detentions of Afghan refugees are contrary to Pakistan’s obligations under international law.
UN humanitarian aid coordinator for Afghanistan Daniel Andres has pledged long and short-term assistance with Afghan refugees returning from Pakistan. Daniel Andres and his colleagues, accompanied by Nangarhar governor visited temporary camps for the returnees near Torkham town.…
Da Afghanistan Bank (DAB) leadership during a meeting with the UN Special Coordinator Feridun Hadi Sinirlioglu have demanded the removal of financial sanctions imposed by the international community on Afghanistan, according to a statement on Tuesday. After political…
UN Secretary General’s Coordinator Feridun Sinirlioğlu has said that no country wanted conflict in Afghanistan, according to a statement on Monday. Sinirlioğlu said this during a meeting with Acting Interior Minister Serajuddin Haqqani, the Ministry of Interior wrote…
UN’s human rights experts have asked Pakistan to immediately scrap plans to deport 1.4 million Afghan nationals back to their homeland.
The secretary-general’s special representative and UNAMA head has urged the international community not to turn its back on Afghanistan. Roza Otunbayeva is hopeful the caretaker government will reverse curbs on women’s employment and girls’ education. “I don't feel…
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has called for efforts to achieve peace for all in his message on International Day of Peace. "Let us commit to build, drive and sustain peace for all," said the UN chief, noting that…
The United Nations has approved $125 million to finance underfunded humanitarian responses in 14 countries across the world, including Afghanistan. Emergency Relief Coordinator Martin Griffiths okayed the amount from the UN’s Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) on Tuesday.…
Kyrgyzstan supports a developed and stable Afghanistan, the country’s foreign minister said during a meeting with UN special representative. Kyrgyzstan Foreign Ministry said Roza Atunbayeva, UN Secretary General's special representative for Afghanistan, called on foreign minister Jeenbek Kulubaev.…
UN Secretary General’s Associate Spokesperson Florencia Soto Nino has said the acting Afghan government’s move to stop Afghan girls from travelling to the United Arab Emirate (UAE) for education would have its impact individually and on the whole…
UN humanitarian aid coordinator for Afghanistan Daniel Andres says the world’s body is implementing a new plan aimed at coordinating humanitarian and development efforts in the war-torn country. Talking at a coordination meeting between Islamic Emirate and UN…
A US watchdog says it has disclosed to Congress information about diversion and control of international humanitarian assistance by the acting Afghanistan government. “We have just uncovered, as part of our response to the House Foreign Relations Committee,…
The United Nations Human Rights Council on Wednesday approved a disputed resolution on religious hatred in the wake of desecration of the Holy Quran in Sweden. Last month, a man desecrated the Holy Quran in Sweden’s capital Stockholm,…
The UN has completed the disbursement of cash assistance to more than a million registered Afghan refugees in Pakistan. The refugees had been affected by the prolonged difficult economic situation in the wake of devastating floods in 2022.…
Afghanistan on Thursday welcomed some parts of the United Nations General Secretary’s special envoy’s statement, saying the Islamic Emirate (IE) was committed to international norms and obligations that were not in contrary to Islamic Sharia and Afghan cultural…
Solution to Afghanistan’s economic and humanitarian crises lies in interaction between the United Nations and the caretaker government, a minister said on Wednesday. Acting Minister of Economy Qari Din Mohammad met UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian…
Acting Agriculture, Irrigation and Livestock Minister Maulavi Ataullah Omari has asked the United Nations to help Afghanistan manage its water resources. Omar met United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Resident Representative for Afghanistan, Stephen Rodriques, in Kabul, the Ministry…
The UN is extremely concerned about the Islamic Emirate’s plan to ban international organizations from providing education in the country. "If this would come to pass, this will be another horrendous step backward for the people of Afghanistan…
