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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.

At a Kabul press conference, UN Secretary-General Guterres expresses solidarity with Afghans.

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

Afghanistan making progress in fight against corruption — UN envoy

KABUL - Afghanistan is making progress in fighting corruption in the face of many challenges, the UN Secretary-General’s Special Representative for Afghanistan said at an anti-corruption conference co-hosted by the Afghan government and the European Union held in Kabul today.

08 May 2017

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24 Jul 2017

Community leaders debate accountability, transparency in Kunar governance

ASADABAD - To strengthen government services, accountability and transparency must be improved, said panellists at a UN-backed debate in the mostly rural and mountainous province of Kunar.

25 Jul 2017

Youth’s role in eliminating corruption the focus of UN-backed radio programme

PARWAN - To eliminate corruption from Afghanistan, young Afghans must play an active role, students from Parwan University said in a UN-backed radio programme that aired in the central province this week.

23 Jul 2017

Journalists in Afghanistan’s northeast strategize on media’s role in advancing peace

KUNDUZ - In the northeast region of Afghanistan, the UN is working on an initiative to leverage the power of local radio and television to build support among communities for reducing conflict, fighting corruption and advancing peace.

20 Jul 2017

Surobi leaders call for local communities to embrace mediation, peace

KABUL - Addressing residents of the Surobi district of Kabul province in a UN-backed radio discussion, government officials, women’s rights activists and a broad range of other community leaders emphasized the critical importance of institutionalizing the principles of peace at a

19 Jul 2017

Improving government services in Afghanistan’s east spotlighted in UN-backed radio debate

JALALABAD - In a recent UN-backed radio programme in Nuristan, civil society representatives debated with government officials the most effective ways to improve services for the residents of the eastern region.

18 Jul 2017