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Extreme harm to Afghan civilians continues as suicide attacks worsen, latest UN report shows

Secretary-General António Guterres speaks to Afghan and international media in Kabul.

On Kabul's outskirts, Secretary-General Guterres speaks with Afghans displaced by conflict.

Action on peace and development in Afghanistan is imperative, says UN envoy

NEW YORK - An immediate push for peace and development is now imperative to end suffering and put the Afghan people on a path to progress, said the UN Secretary-General’s Special Representative for Afghanistan at United Nations headquarters today.

10 Mar 2017

Top UN humanitarian official in Afghanistan meets with returnees in Jalalabad

JALALABAD - The top United Nations official for humanitarian affairs in Afghanistan, Toby Lanzer, visited the country’s eastern province of Nangarhar this week to meet first-hand with Afghans returning from Pakistan and with UN agencies working in Jalalabad to provide them assist

06 Apr 2017

Striking new @ArtLordsWorld murals around Kabul focus on corruption.

University students talk together at one of Kabuls institutes for higher learning.

70th anniversary of Afghanistan’s membership in United Nations

KABUL - The 70th anniversary of Afghanistan’s membership of the United Nations falls today.

19 Nov 2016

Social media campaign promotes women’s rights in Afghanistan’s central highlands region

BAMYAN - Raising awareness about women’s rights and gender-based violence is the aim of a new UN-backed social media campaign in the country’s central highlands provinces of Bamyan and Daikundi.

27 Jul 2017

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02 Aug 2017

Youth’s role in building peace spotlighted in televised UN-backed debate

JALALABAD - The advocacy role of young Afghans in working with government to fight corruption, promote women’s equality and bring about sustainable peace was the focus of a UN-backed television programme in the eastern province of Nangarhar this week.

17 Aug 2017

Top UN Afghanistan official meets with government, community leaders in Kandahar

KANDAHAR - The top United Nations official in Afghanistan, Tadamichi Yamamoto, visited the country’s southern province of Kandahar on Tuesday to meet first-hand with the province’s government officials and community leaders to learn about their concerns and discuss key issues, in

15 Aug 2017

Kandahar’s community leaders and government officials call for peace

KANDAHAR - In the southern region of Afghanistan, the UN is continuing work on an initiative to leverage the power of local communities to work together toward resolving conflict peacefully.

15 Aug 2017

Good governance key to community development, say Baghlan leaders at UN event

PUL-E KHUMRI - The pivotal role of good governance in promoting development and strengthening coordination with civil society was emphasized by participants at a UN-backed event in the capital of the north-eastern province of Baghlan.

13 Aug 2017

UN envoy Yamamoto's International Youth Day message in Hasht-e-Subh

The following article, by Tadamichi Yamamoto, the UN Secretary-General’s Special Representative for Afghanistan, appeared in today’s edition of the leading independent daily, Hasht-e-Subh (8 a.m.), on the occasion of International Youth Day, which is marked annually on 12 August.

12 Aug 2017

Nimroz leaders strategize on women’s economic empowerment

ZARANJ - Empowerment of Afghan women and their increased participation in the country’s economic and political development was at the centre of a lively UN-backed event in held in Zaranj, the capital of the southern province of Nimroz.

10 Aug 2017