UNAMA is located at Compound B on Peace Street in the capital, Kabul.
The offices are just off what’s known as Ministry of Foreign Affairs Road and Zanbaq Square.
For all queries, the best email is the press office: spokesman-unama@un.org.
The phone numbers for the UNAMA press office are:
Afghanistan: 93 (0) 790 00 6121
Via Italy: 39 0831 24 6121
Via New York: 1 212 963 2668 extension 6121.
If you are calling someone at UNAMA, you can ring Afghanistan on 93 790 00 followed by the four-digit extension number. Or you can call via Italy on 39 0831 24 6000 or via New York on 1 212 963 2668 followed by the extension number. If you have the person’s extension number, you can replace the last four digits with the direct extension number.
Individual emails and contacts for staff in the press office are listed below.
UNAMA Strategic Communication and Spokespersons Unit
Kabul Office:
All Dari or Pashto-language media queries should be directed to Nilab Mobarez and Nazifullah Salarzai.
All English-language media queries should be directed to Dan McNorton.
Kieran Dwyer
Director
Tel: 93 (0) 790 00 6123; 39 0831 24 6123; 1 212 963 2668 ext: 6123
Mobile: 93 (0) 797 256 624
Email: dwyer@un.org
Dan McNorton
International Spokesperson
Tel: 93 (0) 790 00 6291; 39 0831 24 6291; 1 212 963 2668 ext: 6291
Mobile: 93 (0) 700 250 358
Email: mcnorton@un.org
Nilab Mobarez
National Spokesperson
Tel: 93 (0) 790 00 5565; 39 0831 24 5565; 1 212 963 2668 ext: 5565
Mobile: 93 (0) 797 662 503
Email: mobarez@un.org
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Nazifullah Salarzai
National Spokesperson
Tel: 93 (0) 790 00 5326; 39 0831 24 5326; 1 212 963 2668 ext: 5326
Mobile: 93 (0) 797 662 504
Email: salarzai@un.org
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Aurora Verceles Alambra
Associate Public Information Officer
Tel: 93 (0) 790 00 6865; 39 0831 24 6865; 1 212 963 2668 ext: 6865
Mobile: 93 (0) 793 204 477
Email: alambra@un.org
Aditya Mehta
Associate Public Information Officer
Tel: 93 (0) 790 00 6889; 39 0831 24 6889; 1 212 963 2668 ext: 6889
Mobile: 93 (0) 796 002 655
Email: mehta2@un.org
Kangying Guo
Associate Public Information Officer
Tel: 93 (0) 790 00 5586; 39 0831 24 5586; 1 212 963 2668 ext: 5586
Mobile: 93 (0) 796 002 643
Email: guok@un.org
Shoresh Mostafa Kalantari
Video and Television Producer
Tel: 93 (0) 790 00 6367; 39 0831 24 6367; 1 212 963 2668 ext: 6367
Mobile: 93 (0) 700 299 004
Email: kalantaris@un.org
Ariadna Alvarado
Video and Television Producer
Tel: 09 (0) 790 00 5372; 39 0831 23 5372; 1 212 963 2668 ext: 5372
Mobile: 93 (0) 796 002 652
Email: alvaradoa@un.org
Regional Offices:
Bamyan Office:
Jaffar Rahim
National Public Information Officer
Mobile: 93 (0) 799 698 072
Email: rahimj@un.org
Herat Office:
Henri Burgard
Public Information Officer
Mobile: 93 (0) 798 905 829
Email: burgard@un.org
Jalalabad Office:
Tilak Pokharel
Associate Public Information Officer
Mobile: 93 (0) 796 002 593
Email: pokharelt@un.org
Shafiqullah Waak
National Public Information Officer
Mobile: 93 (0) 700 476 438
Email: waak@un.org
Kandahar Office:
Mujeeb Rehman
National Public Information Officer
Mobile: 93 (0) 700 494 003
Email: rahman36@un.org
Kunduz Office:
Shamsuddin Hamedi
National Public Information Officer
Mobile: 93 (0) 700 527 319
Email: hamedi@un.org
Mazar Office:
Alexandre Brecher-Dolivet
Associate Public Information Officer
Mobile: 93 (0) 796 002 597
Email: brecherdolivet@un.org
Sayed Barez
National Public Information Officer
Mobile: 93 (0) 798 796 829
Email: barezs@un.org
Contacts for the media at UN agencies in Afghanistan
Afghanistan's New Beginnings Programme (ANBP)
Soma Ibrahimi
Public Information Officer
Mobile: 93 (0) 700 072 577
Email: sibrahimi@anbpafg.org
Asian Development Bank (ADB)
Hafizullah Ramaki
Programs Officer
Phone: 93 (0) 799 191 484
Email: hramaki@adb.org
International Labour Organization (ILO)
Gagan Rajbbhandari
ILO Coordinator for Afghanistan
Mobile: 93 (0) 799 437 986
Email: gagan.ilokabul@undp.org
International Organization for Migration (IOM)
Ahmad Shah Haied
Public Information Assistant
Mobile: 93 (0) 700 185 960
Email: ahaied@iom.int
Mine Action Coordination Centre of Afghanistan (MACCA)
Rafiullah Alkozai
Public Information Officer
Mobile: 93 (0) 799 212 142
Email: rafiullah.alkozai@macca.org.af
Flora Sutherland
Senior Communication Officer
Mobile: 93 (0) 705 966 371
Email: flora.sutherland@macca.org.af
United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF)
Farida Ayari
Public Information Officer
Mobile: 93 (0) 798 507 110
Email: fayari@unicef.org
Cornelia Walther
Communication Specialist
Mobile: 93 (0) 798 507 112
Email: cwalther@unicef.org
United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
Fezeh Hosseini
Public Information Officer
Mobile: 93 (0) 700 475 714
Email: fezeh.hosseini@undp.org
United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM)
Mariam Tahmass
Secretary
Mobile: 93 (0) 700 282 446
Email: mariam.tahmass@unifem.org
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)
Mohammad Amin Sadiqi
Public Information Officer
Mobile: 93 (0) 799 125 292
Email: a.sadiqi@unesco.org
United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
Bahar Kazimi
Environmental Education National Project Coordinator
Mobile: 93 (0) 700 080 038
Email: bahar.kazimi@unep.org
Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)
Mohammad Nader Farhad
Public Information Officer
Mobile: 93 (0) 700 279 231
Email: farhadm@unhcr.org
United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-HABITAT)
Wataru Kawasaki
Monitoring and Reporting Coordinator
Mobile: 93 (0) 795 553 927
Email: wataru.kawasaki@unhabitat-afg.org
United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO)
Fakhruddin Azizi
Head of UNIDO Operations in Afghanistan
Mobile: 93 (0) 700 808 404
Email: fakhruddin.azizi@unido.org
United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA)
Asma Rahimi
Advocacy and Information Management Officer
Mobile: 93 (0) 700 203 118
Email: rahimi@unfpa.org
United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS)
Katsui Kaya
Communication Officer
Email: katsuik@unops.org
Mohammad Ismail Sahil
Mobile: 93 (0) 799 257 584
Email: agoc@unops.org
United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC)
Tara Ali
External Relations Officer (Acting)
Mobile: 93 (0) 795 643 820
Email: tara.ali@unodc.org
World Food Programme (WFP)
Challiss McDonough
Public Information Officer
Tel: 93 (0) 797 662 0004 ext: 2422
Mobile: 93 (0) 797 662 116
Email: challiss.mcdonough@wfp.org
Abdul Jamil Alkozai
Public Information Officer/Spokesperson
Mobile: 93 (0) 797 662 014
Email: jamil.alkozai@wfp.org
World Health Organization (WHO)
Rashida Bano Syed
Technical Officer, Communicable Disease Surveillance and Response Unit
Mobile: 93 (0) 708 811 856
Email: banor@afg.emro.who.int
Dr Ashfaq Ahmed
Medical Officer (Primary Health Care)
Mobile: 93 (0) 700 041 88
Email: ahmedas@afg.emro.who.int
World Bank (WB)
Abdul Raouf Zia
External Affairs Officer
Mobile: 93 (0) 700 280 800
Email: azia@worldbank.org