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UN envoy Yamamoto at Security Council on the situation in Afghanistan.

UN envoy Tadamichi Yamamoto maintains close dialogue with Afghans across the country.

Deputy Secretary-General Mohammed with Afghans displaced by the conflict.

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UN conducts extensive development and humanitarian work in Afghanistan.

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HERAT - A free and independent press is crucial for promoting peace and the respect for human rights, stressed participants in a UN-backed event that was later broadcast by television to audiences in and around Afghanistan’s western province of Herat.

22 Oct 2019

Community leaders call for peace at UN-backed symposium in Kandahar

KANDAHAR - Peace remains the top priority for Afghans, said religious scholars and other community leaders gathered at a UN-backed event in the southern province of Kandahar.

14 Oct 2019

University students from Afghanistan’s southeast speak up for human rights

GARDEZ - University students from the southeast province of Paktya gathered at a UN-backed symposium in the provincial capital of Gardez to make their voices heard on the crucial importance of respecting and protecting human rights.

10 Oct 2019

Afghanistan’s Youth Representative to the United Nations for 2019 selected

KABUL - Aisha Khurram has been selected as Afghanistan’s Youth Representative to the United Nations for 2019, joining a group of other young people from across the globe to act as representatives for a new generation seeking to make their voices heard at the world body.

07 Oct 2019

Badghis leaders strategize on stronger measures to protect children in armed conflict

QALA-E-NAW - At a UN-backed event in Qala-e-Naw, the capital of Badghis province in western Afghanistan, community leaders underscored the need for stronger measures to protect children in armed conflict.

05 Oct 2019

Protecting detainee rights the focus of UN-backed event in northeast Afghanistan

PUL-E-KHUMRI - The rights of detainees must be protected, and their dignity upheld, said participants at a UN-backed symposium in the northeast city of Pul-e-Khumri, capital of Baghlan province.

02 Oct 2019

Logar community leaders forge ties to foster development, improve public services

KABUL - Effective coordination between government officials and the communities they serve will lead to improved public services and better development initiatives, stressed Logar participants at a UN-backed event in Kabul.

24 Sep 2019

Ending the conflict and harm to civilians the focus of a Gardez radio discussion

GARDEZ – Participants of a UN-backed radio programme in the southeastern province of Paktya have called for urgent measures to end the conflict which has caused tens of thousands of civilian casualties.

17 Sep 2019

We are tired of the conflict say participants of a UN-backed TV series in Herat

HERAT – Participants of a UN-backed television programme in the western province of Herat have added their voice to calls for an end to the conflict and the continuing harm combatants inflict upon civilians across the country.

12 Sep 2019

UN envoy Yamamoto at Security Council on the situation in Afghanistan

NEW YORK - The Secretary-General’s Special Representative for Afghanistan, Tadamichi Yamamoto, today briefed the Security Council on the situation in Afghanistan.

10 Sep 2019