KABUL (UNAMA) urges all parties to the conflict to take immediate and concrete measures to better protect civilians from harm, as the latest data for 2017 released today by UNAMA shows continued high numbers of civilian casualties. For reading the full…
HERAT, 6 April 2017 – Women’s role in the peace process was the focus of a conference held today in Herat with around 50 women participants from more than a dozen districts from across the western province. For reading…
HERAT, 6 April 2017 – Women’s role in the peace process was the focus of a conference held today in Herat with around 50 women participants from more than a dozen districts from across the western province. For reading…
KABUL (UNAMA) condemned yesterday’s killing of 12 civilians, including eight children, in southeastern Paktika province, a statement from the UNAMA said on Friday. The children were returning home from school for the weekend, when the vehicle in which they were…
KABUL and children. On February 9 and 10, international troops conducted airstrikes in Helmand’s Sangin district targeting anti-government elements. The raids hit civilian homes, killing several ordinary people. Initial enquiries by UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) suggested the airstrikes…
KABUL (UNAMA), condemning yesterday’s attack on the Supreme Court staff, on Wednesday said 89 judges, prosecutors and judicial staff members had been killed and 214 others wounded in 74 attacks since 2015. At least 20 people were killed and 45…
KABUL, men, and children, a stamen from the mission said on Saturday. At a UNAMA-sponsored event on Thursday in Kabul, leading human rights defenders described how Afghanistan’s armed conflict had made their work more challenging, but all the more essential,…
KABUL, men, and children. For reading the full story, please click here
KABUL and post-rehabilitation care for young Afghans. For reading the full story, please click here
KABUL (UNAMA) on Wednesday welcomed appointments of new commissioners to electoral bodies, saying the move signals a new phase in rebuilding trust in the institutions. A statement from the UN mission acknowledged the critical task of expediting electoral reforms on…
KABUL (UNAMA) welcomes today’s appointments to electoral commissions. For reading the full story, please click here
18 October 2016, KABUL - The fundamental human rights of all Afghans must be respected, including the rights of religious and ethnic communities, said UNAMA in a Human Rights special report released today on the 23 July 2016 attack in Kabul that…
KABUL (UNAMA) on Sunday condemned two improvised explosive device (IED) detonations that killed 19 civilians in Helmand and Badghis provinces. Both devices used victim-activated pressure plate triggers that are both illegal and indiscriminate, the mission said in a statement. In…
The United Nations has denounced civilian casualties in a recent airstrike targeting Islamic State militants in eastern Nangarhar province The September 28 airstrike targeting Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), also known as Daesh, was conducted…
KABUL (UNAMA) on Sunday hosted a meeting in Kabul with representatives of the Hazara community. In a statement the mission said it invited participants for an open discussion, chaired by Pernille Kardel, the Secretary-General’s Deputy Special Representative for Afghanistan. A broad…
KABUL (UNAMA) chief Tadamichi Yamamoto regarding the latest developments and both called as essential the implementation of the political agreement legitimizing the government. A statement from the CEO office said Abdullah and Yamamoto discussed key natiiona issues particularly the latest…
KABUL has vehemently denounced Thursday’s attack in Kabul that targeted police cadets and their instructors, killing 33 and injuring 71 others. The Taliban launched the two-stage suicide attack in Paghman district, beginning with the detonation of a suicide vehicle-borne improvised…
KABUL in Rodat district of eastern Nangarhar province. The attack killed at least three civilians and injured more than 70 others, including 31 boys. Two worshippers injured in the incident are said to be in critical condition. An improvised explosive…
KABUL, a time of reverence and peace. I sincerely hope that the people of Afghanistan will be able to use this time for reflection, patience and tolerance.” The UN secratery general sprecial representative called on parties involve in conflict to show…
KABUL attack on a courthouse in the capital of central Logar province, in which seven civilians were killed and more than 20 injured. Three armed Taliban entered the provincial judges’ and prosecutors’ compound in Pul-i-Alam and began shooting Afghan civilians,…
KABUL (UNAMA) on Thursday said it was s deeply concerned by the spate of abductions, hostage-taking and summary executions carried out in recent days against passengers travelling in civilian vehicles. Taliban and children they forcibly removed from three civilian buses…
KABUL (UNAMA) condemns today’s suicide attack in an outlying western suburb of Kabul which killed eleven civilians and injured ten. The suicide bomber detonated against a shuttle bus transporting employees of the Maidan Wardak provincial court. The blast, that…
KABUL (UNAMA) on Wednesday condemned a suicide attack that killed 11 civilians and injured 10 others in an outlying western suburb of Kabul. The suicide bomber detonated against a shuttle bus transporting employees of the Maidan Wardak provincial court in…
KABUL (UNAMA) on Monday voiced its regrets over the execution of six militants convicted on terrorism charges. A day earlier, officials said six terrorists sentenced to death were hanged inside the Pul-i-Charkhi prison on the eastern outskirts of the capital…
