Press releases

  • 08 Sep 2013 - KABUL - The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) welcomes the recent financial pledges by international donors which will cover the required budget for the country’s 2014 Presidential and Provincial Council elections.
  • 27 Aug 2013 - KABUL - The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) strongly condemns the recent abduction and killing of six civilians in Herat province.
  • 27 Aug 2013 - KABUL - The Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Afghanistan, Ján Kubiš, today met the Chairman of the Independent Election Commission of Afghanistan (IEC), Dr. Ahmad Yusuf Nuristani, to discuss preparations for the 2014 Presidential and Provincial Council elections. 
  • 08 Aug 2013 - KABUL - The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) condemns the attack on Wednesday which led to the wounding of Senator Rouh Gul Khairzad and various members of her family, as well the death of her eight-year-old daughter and her driver.  The Senator and her family were reportedly ambushed on the main highway in the province of Ghazni as they were heading to her home province of Nimroz in the country’s south to celebrate Eid.
  • 07 Aug 2013 - KABUL - On the eve of Eid-ul-Fitr, and on behalf of the United Nations in Afghanistan, I extend my greetings to all Afghans as they prepare to celebrate the end of the holy month of Ramadan.

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