UNAMA Strategic Communication and Spokespersons Unit
All email media enquiries should be addressed to spokesman-unama@un.org
Ari Gaitanis
Senior Public Information Officer
Email: gaitanis@un.org
Phone: 93 (0) 79 000 6291, 39 083 124 6291 (via Italy), 1 212 963 2668 ext. 6291 (via New York)
Mobile: 93 (0) 77 772 0860
Nilab Mobarez
National Spokesperson
Email: mobarez@un.org
Phone: 93 (0) 79 000 5565, 39 083 124 5565 (via Italy), 1 212 963 2668 ext. 5565 (via New York)
Mobile: 93 (0) 79 766 2503
Nazifullah Salarzai
National Spokesperson
Email: salarzai@un.org
Phone: 93 (0) 79 000 5326, 39 083 124 5326 (via Italy), 1 212 963 2668 ext. 5326 (via New York)
Mobile: 93 (0) 79 766 2504
All web-related queries should be directed to Tilak Pokharel; Email: pokharelt@un.org
UNAMA Regional Offices
Eastern Regional Office, Jalalabad
Shafiqullah Waak
Public Information Officer
Email: waak@un.org
Southeastern Regional Office, Gardez
Dilawar Khan Dilawar
Public Information Officer
Email: dilawar@un.org
Southern Regional Office, Kandahar
Mujeeb Rahman
Public Information Officer
Email: rahman36@un.org
Western Regional Office, Herat
Fraidoon Poya
Public Information Officer
Email: poya@un.org
Central Highlands Region, Bamyan
Aurora Alambra
Public Information Officer
Email: alambra@un.org
Jaffar Rahim
Public Information Officer
Email: rahimj@un.org
Northern Region, Mazar-e-Sharif
Sayed Barez
Public Information Officer
Email: barezs@un.org
Northeastern Region, Kunduz
Shamsuddin Hamedi
Public Information Officer
Email: hamedis@un.org
UN in Afghanistan Communications Focal Points:
United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
Kumar Tiku
Email: kumar.tiku@undp.org
Mobile: 93 (0) 79 778 9721
UNDP-ELECT
Duarte Branco
Email: duarte.branco@undp.org
Phone: 93 (0) 79 678 4623
United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF)
Alistair Gretarsson
Email: agretarsson@unicef.org
Mobile: 93 (0) 79 850 7110
United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
Andrew Scanlon
Email: andrew.scanlon@unep.org
Mobile: 93 (0) 79 663 0412
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)
Sayed Habib
Email: s.habibullah@unesco.org
United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)
Mohammad Aqa
Email: Mohammad.Aqa@fao.org
Mobile: 93 (0) 79 966 8336
United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA)
Gaia Chiti Strigell
Email: chitistrigelli@unfpa.org
Mobile: 93 (0) 79 719 8909
Zubaida Akbar
Email: akbar@unfpa.org
United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-HABITAT)
Email: wataru.kawasaki@unhabitat-afg.org
Wataru Kawasaki
Omary Farid
Email: omary.farid@unhabitat-afg.org
United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR)
Mohammad Nader Farhad
Email: farhadm@unhcr.org
Mobile: 93 (0) 70 027 9231
Massoumeh Farman-Farmaian
Email: farman@unhcr.org
Mobile: 93 (0) 70 027 5976
United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO)
Fakhruddin Azizi
Email: f.azizi@unido.org
International Labour Organization (ILO)
Nang Attal
Email: attal@ilo.org
Mobile: 93 (0) 78 225 2270
Anahita Amin
Email: amin@ilo.org
Mobile: 93 (0) 79 733 5187
International Organization for Migration (IOM)
Aanchal Khurana, Spokesperson
Email: akhurana@iom.int
Mobile: 93 (0) 79 320 6076
Mine Action Coordination Centre of Afghanistan (MACCA)
Kamal Ibrahimi
Email: Kamal.Ibrahimi@macca.org.af
Mobile: 93 (0) 70 596 6550
Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA)
Christophe Verhellen
Email: verhellen@un.org
Mobile: 93 (0) 79 300 1172
Akbar Khan
Email: khan78@un.org
United Nations World Food Programme (WFP)
Silke Buhr
Email: Silke.Buhr@wfp.org
Mobile: 93 (0) 79 766 2116
Assadullah Azhari
Email: Assadullah.Azhari@wfp.org
World Bank
Abdul Raouf Zia
Email: azia@worldbank.org
Mobile: 93 (0) 70 028 0800
World Health Organization (WHO)
Murtaza Nazar
Email: Nazarm@afg.emro.who.int
Mobile: 93 (0) 79 986 0066
United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS)
Jackquelyn Topacio, Communications and Reporting Officer
Email: JackquelynT@unops.org
Mobile: 93 (0) 797981950
United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC)
Jelena Bjelica
Email: jelena.bjelica@unodc.org
Mobile: 93 (0) 79 652 0857
Nina Brantley
Email: nina.brantley@unodc.org
Mobile: 93 (0) 79 637 2941
UN Women (previously UNIFEM)
Ahmad Shikib Dost
Email: Shikib.dost@unwomen.org
Mobile: 93 (0) 70 255 8091