Press releases

  • 26 Apr 2010 - NEW YORK - The Secretary-General has received the final report of the Board of Inquiry (BOI) into the 28 October 2009 terrorist attack on the Bakhtar guest house in Kabul where 34 UN staff were residing.
  • 19 Apr 2010 - KABUL - The Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General, Staffan de Mistura met today with Fazel Ahmad Manawi, the new Chairperson of the Independent Election Commission (IEC).دری و
  • 12 Apr 2010 - KABUL - The Mine Action Coordination Centre of Afghanistan (MACCA) today condemned attacks on humanitarian deminers, following an attack on a team working for Afghan NGO DAFA in Kandahar on the 11 April which resulted in the death of five deminers and a further 17 being injured. MACCA is the coordination body for all humanitarian mine action in Afghanistan, which is still one of the most heavily mine-impacted countries in the world.
  • 01 Apr 2010 - KABUL - The top United Nations official in Afghanistan has condemned an attack by gunmen against a German aid agency in the east of the country that killed a local engineer and severely injured an international aid worker. Said Anwar, an engineer from the nearby province of Wardak, died on 27 March after unknown men opened fire in Khost at the offices of the German Technical Cooperation (GTZ) agency, where he had worked.
  • 20 Mar 2010 - KABUL - Nowruz is a very important moment of festivity that has been celebrated for 2,500 years. And it is a sign of hope for peace which Afghans need. We hope that this year will bring peace and also progress. We will be with if you want us to be with you. The United Nations and all its staff wish all Afghans a very happy Nowruz. Nawe Kall Mubarak Sha, Nowruze tan Mubarak.  

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