KABUL (UNAMA) has condemned Sunday’s attack outside Kabul’s airport that initial findings indicated killed and injured scores of civilians, a statement from the UN mission said on Monday. The suicide attack took place among a crowd gathered to greet First…
KABUL said on Sunday. A report from UNAMA put the civilian fatalities from January 1 to July 15 at 1,692 -- 1% more than a year earlier and the highest for the period since 2009. Militant attacks and suicide bombings…
KABUL to reciprocate. The mission said in a statement that President Ghani initiated the ceasefire citing calls from more than 2,000 religious scholars gathered this week in Kabul. The scholars denounced the ongoing war and urged all parties to the…
KABUL in capital Kabul, a statement from the UN Assistance Mission (UNAMA) said on Tuesday. “I am outraged by this attack and condemn it. I continue to be outraged at those extremist groups seeking to derail efforts made in the…
KABUL (UNAMA) on Monday said 30 children were among those killed in an air strike that hit a seminary in northern Kunduz province on April 2. At the time, Afghan officials claimed the airstrike targeted insurgents in Dasht-i-Archi district. However,…
KABUL Press Freedom Day, a statement from the United Nation Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) said on Wednesday. “We will continue to support the Afghan government in its efforts to implement measures that improve journalist safety and that foster an…
KABUL. Last year, UNAMA's Human Rights Chief Danielle Bell recalled, the mission documented about 1,700 casualties from these explosive hazards. More than half of all victims were children. Addressing a conference in Kabul on Tuesday, the UN official recalled that…
UN Secretary-General's Deputy Special Representative for Afghanistan, Toby Lanzer, on Thursday said the UN refugee agency, UNHCR, should resume its operations in southeastern Paktia province. The UNHCR suspended its services in Paktia from about two years ago. However,…
KABUL, according to a statement from the UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) on Tuesday. “As the country marks the New Year and the beginning of spring at a time of renewal and celebration, on occasion for promoting the values…
KABUL against violence. Together with international partners and experts from UN agencies, UNAMA supported Afghan authorities in drafting the code, a statement from UNAMA received by Pajhwok Afghan News said. The source said UNAMA will continue dialogue with stakeholders so…
KABUL. A total of 10,453 civilian casualties - 3,438 people killed and 7,015 injured - were documented in the 2017 Annual Report released on Thursday by the UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) and the UN Human Rights Office, a…
Kandahar Governor Zalmai Weesa has appealed to the UN and donor countries to help construct a township for refugee families in the southern province. He made the appeal during a meeting with Toby Lanzer, the UN chief’s…
The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) has restarted its work or mission in western Farah province after scaling back six months ago, an official said Tuesday. Nasir Mehri, the governor’s spokesman, told Pajhwok Afghan News the…
KABUL (UNAMA) has released its preliminary findings into the January 4 suicide attack in Kabul. The attack killed 13 civilians and injured another 19, according to a statement from UNAMA received by Pajhwok Afghan News on Sunday. Earlier, officials had…
KABUL (UNAMA) said in a statement on Saturday. Donors pledged to fund up to 90 per cent of the US$28.4 million voter registration budget, in addition to pledging ongoing assistance to the Independent Election Commission (IEC). “This is an important…
Distressed by violence sweeping parts of northern Afghanistan one recent day, and stepped up to the pulpit to provide his personal view of what is needed to “win the peace.” He called on his friends and colleagues to…
KABUL), UNAMA statement said on Wednesday. The launch of National Electoral Forum would proved to be an important step towards elections seen as credible, transparent, and inclusive in the eyes of the Afghan people, the statement said.. It added, the…
KABUL and children – during air strikes in Herat and Logar provinces this week. In a statement UNAMA’s said on Friday initial enquiries showed, air strikes reportedly targeting Anti-Government Elements in the Shindand district of Herat province on 28 August…
United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan and district council elections to be held next year and would encourage donors to implement uplift projects in the country. Yamamoto, at the head of a delegation, visited Kandahar province and…
UNAMA’s regional office in the southeastern zone has reported an increase in targeted killing involving unidentified armed in southeastern Khost province during the first six months of the year. A statement from the UNAMA’s regional office in…
KABUL (UNAMA) on Monday condemned a group suicide attack against the embassy of Iraq in Kabul earlier in the day, leaving at least six people, including four attackers dead. The attack, which occurred in a residential area of central Kabul,…
KABUL (UNAMA) on Thursday welcomed the Independent Election Commission’s announcement to hold parliamentary and district council elections on July 7, 2018. “The people of Afghanistan have made clear their desire for credible, inclusive elections,” Tadamichi Yamamoto, the UN Secretary-General’s Special…
KABUL Gulbuddin, and the peaceful return of Gulbuddin Hekmatyar to Afghanistan. For reading the full story, please click here
In a rare decline, conflict-related civilian casualties saw a two percent decrease the first quarter of the current year, the United Nations said on Thursday. During the period, 715 civilians were killed and 1,466 injured, the UN Mission…
