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4 February 2012 – 2011 marked the fifth year in a row that civilian casualties have increased in the armed conflict in Afghanistan, the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) said today releasing its 2011 Annual Report on Protection of Civilians in Armed Conflict, prepared in coordination with the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights. Changes in the tactics of the parties to the conflict were responsible for an eight per cent increase in Afghan civilian deaths in 2011 compared to 2010. Full Report - Executive Summary (English - Dari - Pashto) - Press Release (English - Dari - Pashto)
2 February 2012 - AIHRC rejects findings of a UN-backed survey on police’s awareness on law; NATO classified report reveals Taliban comeback to power with support of Pakistan post-2014; Pakistan doesn’t have any hidden agenda in Afghanistan – Hina Rabbani; The US mulls to transfer a number of Taliban prisoners to a third country - Daivd Petreaus; Wolesi Jirga summons Finance Minister; Finance Minister should be sacked – MPs; Taliban prisoners to stay under observation – CIA; US determined to encourage Afghan dialogue – Grossman; Pakistan’s States and Frontier Regions Minister meets UN High Commissioner for Afghan Refugees. Read archived headlines from 2012/2011.
31 January 2012, Kabul, Afghanistan. In response to the Punjab Institute of Cardiology alleged medicine contamination, the Ministry of Public Health and the World Health Organization (WHO) want to reassure the Afghan public that this incident is limited to a batch only distributed at the institute. According to WHO these batches of medicines were not distributed outside of Lahore or in any other countries. Therefore there is no need for alarm. Print English - Dari
31 January 2012 – The Ministry of Interior (MOI) today released the third-annual independent Police Perception Survey showing that many key gauges of views of the police have advanced over the past three years and others that have been broadly positive remain so. Print English
30 January 2012 - Afghanistan suffers from cyclical natural disasters - floods and drought - which affect people annually and require expensive emergency responses, but their impacts could well be avoided, or at least mitigated, if proper water management systems or dams were built, for example. IRIN
29 January 2012 - Special Representative of the Secretary-General Ján Kubiš yesterday visited Mazar-i-Sharif in northern Afghanistan as part of his ongoing efforts to reach out to provincial Afghan officials and civil society to determine how the United Nations can best support the Government and the people of the country.
28 January 2012 - The Humanitarian Country Team (HCT) in Afghanistan has called for US$437 million for humanitarian preparedness and response in the country. A launch event held today in Kabul was officiated by the Humanitarian Coordinator, Mr. Michael Keating, under the auspices of His Excellency the Minister of Rural Rehabilitation and Development, Mr. Jarullah Mansoori.
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26 January 2012 - Special Representative of the Secretary-General Ján Kubiš today told Afghan and United Nations officials that increased security as a result of the transition should lead to more development during a visit to Kandahar, his first regional trip since taking office.
25 January 2012 - First of all, I would like to thank you very much for coming to this first press conference of myself as the new head of UNAMA (United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan) and the new Special Representative of the Secretary-General. Print English
25 January 2012 – Afghanistan’s peace process can only be successful if it is Afghan-led and inclusive, the new United Nations envoy to the country stated today. UN News Centre
Jaunary 2012 edition in English
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"Let us remember. Let us honour. And let us continue" - Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon
In memoriam to colleagues killed in attacks in Kabul and Mazar-i-Sharif