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10 October 2009 - The United Nations humanitarian agency has started briefing members of the international military operating in the east of Afghanistan on a coordinated response to humanitarian disasters by UN agencies and…

10 October 2009 - The latest weekly programme produced in Dari and Pashto by UNAMA Radio is now online to listen to. The show - "Afghanistan Today" - is broadcast every Saturday morning on Radio Afghanistan. All UNAMA Radio…

KABUL - The Security Council has called on Governments to strengthen the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) in Afghanistan in the face of increased threats posed by the Taliban, Al-Qaida and other armed…

NEW YORK - Expressing its strong concern over the increase in violence and criminality in Afghanistan, the Security Council today extended the authorization for the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) for 12 months…

8 October 2009 - The United Nations today condemned “in the strongest terms” the suicide bombing at the Indian embassy in Afghanistan this morning that reportedly killed 17 people and injured another 80, with the Security…

8 October 2009 - Rejecting “unacceptable” media accusations ranging from partiality in Afghanistan’s presidential election process to fraud concealment, the top United Nations envoy to the South Asian nation today reiterated…

KABUL - Over the past days, the United Nations and I have endured repeated attacks in the media. The accusations range from being partial in this election process to ordering my staff to conceal fraud by allegedly asking them…

KABUL - Just over a hundred ballot boxes, containing presidential votes, remain to be examined in the audit process currently being conducted by the Independent Election Commission (IEC) and the Electoral Complaints…

7 October 2009 - The Kabul Museum is celebrating a new exhibition which showcases thousands of years of Afghanistan’s archaeological history. One of the main attractions of the items on public display is that the collection…

KABUL - The top United Nations envoy to Afghanistan has only ever sided with electoral institutions in the country’s recent presidential ballot, and never with any of the candidates, UN officials said today as they refuted…

KABUL - The auditing of 358 suspicious ballot boxes from Afghanistan’s 20 August presidential elections began today. The Independent Election Commission (IEC), with oversight by the Electoral Complaints Commission (ECC)…

5 October 2009 - The auditing of 358 suspicious ballot boxes from Afghanistan’s 20 August presidential elections began today. The Independent Election Commission (IEC), with oversight by the Electoral Complaints Commission…