Press releases

  • 11 Mar 2009 - NEW YORK - The Secretary-General notes the challenges that Afghanistan and the international community have faced in 2007, and is thankful to all those Member States contributing troops and assets to the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force and international forces in Afghanistan.
  • 11 Mar 2009 - 15 January 2008 - The Secretary-General condemns in the strongest possible terms the attack against the Serena Hotel in Kabul yesterday, which killed at least eight people and injured a number of others, both Afghans and internationals.   Among the victims were Afghan security guards and hotel staff, whose bravery prevented the death toll from being much higher, as well as members of the international community who were assisting development efforts in Afghanistan.
  • 11 Mar 2009 - 17 February  2008 - The Secretary-General strongly condemns the suicide bombing in Kandahar, Afghanistan, today that killed an estimated 80 people. Dari & Pashto
  • 11 Mar 2009 - 3 May 2008 - To ‘spare no efforts’ to bring to justice perpetrators of attacks on journalists.
  • 11 Mar 2009 - 27 April 2008 - I condemn in the strongest terms the attack against President Karzai that occurred at a victory parade in Kabul today. This attack against the legitimate institutions of the Afghan state and the Afghan people is unacceptable.

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