UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has denounced condemned a series of bomb explosions across Afghanistan, causing dozens of deaths and wounding many others. At least 33 worshippers were killed when an explosion struck a mosque shortly after the Friday…
The United Nations has expressed concern over alleged Pakistani airstrikes in Kunar and Khost provinces. The cross-Durand Line strikes, besides causing heavy financial losses, also led to dozens of civilian casualties. On Sunday, the United Nations Assistance Mission…
Afghanistan’s special representative to the United Nation says 40 people, including women and children, have been killed in Pakistani airstrikes in Khost and Kunar province. Pakistani security forces have carried out airstrike on Waziristan refugees in Sperai district…
The UN Agriculture and Food Organisation (FAO) has said 2.26 million people in far-flung areas of Afghanistan were provided with emergency assistance in 2021. On its twitter handle FAO said 1.3 million people were provided agriculture packages, some…
Donor countries pledged more than $2.44 billion towards the United Nations $4.4 billion appeal for humanitarian aid in Afghanistan, the world body said on Thursday, as international concerns grew over the Taliban denying girls a secondary education. A…
KABUL (Pajhwok) UN Secretary-General António Guterres has warned against deteriorating humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan says Some 95 percent people in war devastated country did not have access to enough food, nine million people are at risk of famine. "Together with…
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has said the Afghan caretaker government's decision to stop girls from education is a violation of their rights. As schools reopened on Wednesday, girls above the sixth grade were asked to stay home.…
Nearly 400 civilians have been killed in attacks in Afghanistan since the Taliban takeover, more than 80% of them by a group affiliated to Islamic State, a UN report shows, underscoring the scale of the insurgency faced by…
The United Nations said on Tuesday it stood by Afghan women and girls as they faced the consequences of multiple crises with courage and perseverance. The crises were combined with entrenched gender inequality and discrimination, the United Nations…
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has expressed his concern about the humanitarian situation in Afghanistan and asked Afghan government officials to respect human rights and observe international humanitarian law. Addressing the 49th session of the UN Human Rights Council…
The United Nations has denounced the killing of eight polio vaccination workers at four locations in northern Afghanistan. While condemning the killings, the word body reminded the perpetrators that such incidents were a clear violation of international humanitarian laws.…
The United Kingdom will co-host a global aid conference with the United Nations next month to help raise funds for Afghanistan. British Foreign Secretary Liz Truss announced on Tuesday: "The scale of need is unparalleled, and consequences of…
Former foreign minister Hanif Atmar has asked the United Nations to endorse Mohammad Wali Naeemi as representative of Afghanistan instead of Naseer Ahmad Faiq, but the latter called it a conspiracy of past corrupt officials. The caretaker Taliban…
The United Nations could not utilize $135 million it has deposited in the Afghanistan International Bank (AIB) as the money could not be converted into the local currency (afghani), an official said. Abdullah Al Dardari, head of the…
UN Secretary-General António Guterres has expressed concern over what he said deprivation of Afghan women and girls of their basic rights, saying the Afghan caretaker government should recognize women’s rights to become part of the international community. Guterres…
The acting education minister on Thursday said schools would be reopened not because of external pressures, but because of commitment and responsibility of the government. MulaviNoorullahMunir, acting education minister, said this during a meeting with UN Secretary-General's Special…
In a veiled reference to lifting sanctions on Afghanistan, the United Nations has stressed restoring trust and introducing fair policies to get maximum advantage of available opportunity and make the world community hopeful for the future of Afghanistan.…
A group of UN human rights experts has said that the leaders of the "Islamic Emirate" in Afghanistan “are institutionalizing discrimination and violence against women and girls”, but the government rejected the claims as propaganda. The experts on…
Last week, the UN and China demanded the release of Afghanistan’s frozen funds and stressed humanitarian assistence at a time when the people of Afghanistan are facing economic hardships.
UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres has urged the international community to fund UN 5bn humanitarian appeal for the people of Afghanistan. Addressing reporters on Afghanistan the United Nations chief has warned that millions of Afghans are on the…
The United Nations on Tuesday launched a more than $5 billion funding appeal for Afghanistan, the biggest fundraising effort in the world body’s history for a single country. The UN humanitarian aid chief, launching the appeal in Geneva,…
The Interior Ministry says reports that the United Nations has offered to pay it nearly $6 million for the protection of the world body’s offices and staff are incorrect. Claim The United Nations is proposing to pay…
The United Nations is proposing to pay nearly $6 million for protection of the world body’s offices and employees to Taliban-run Interior Ministry, a media report said. The proposed funds would be paid next year mostly to subsidize…
Nasir Ahmad Fayek, Afghanistan's advisor to the United Nations, has been appointed to replace Ghulam Mohammad Ishaqzai, the permanent representative to the United Nations. Ahmad Fayek has been appointed as the Charge d'Affaires of the Permanent Representative of…
