02 Aug 2010 - KABUL - UNICEF is distributing emergency assistance in the provinces that have been worst affected by recent floods, ensuring that the urgent needs of children are met.
The flooding follows torrential rains that have hit central and eastern parts of Afghanistan in the course of the last week. Afghan officials say the floods are the worst the region has experienced in more than 80 years, and further rain is forecast.
24 Jul 2010 - NEW YORK - The following Security Council press statement on Afghanistan was read out today by Council President U. Joy Ogwu ( Nigeria):
The members of the Security Council heard a briefing from the Secretary-General on his visit to Afghanistan for the Kabul International Conference.
11 Jul 2010 - KABUL - The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) confirms that a Ministry of Interior escort supporting a UNAMA road movement was struck by an improvised explosive device in Parwan province yesterday, 8 July, on the main Kabul-Bamyan road.
30 Jun 2010 - KABUL - The United Nations confirms that a shooting took place late this morning in Kabul, involving one UN vehicle and two United Nations personnel.
Tragically, one United Nations staff member, an Afghan national, was killed. The other Afghan staff member was unharmed.
The United Nations offers its sincere condolences to the family of the deceased staff member, whose name cannot be released at this stage.
24 Jun 2010 - KABUL - We are at the beginning of a process where Afghan institutions are running their own elections and doing this for the first time.
We are at the beginning of a process where Afghan institutions are running their own elections and doing this for the first time. The vetting of candidates was carried out, at their request, by the Ministry of Interior, the Ministry of Defence and the National Directorate of Security.