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NEW YORK - Afghanistan is making economic, security and political progress in a challenging climate, but direct peace talks are critical to the country’s future, said Nicholas Haysom, the UN Secretary-General’s Special…

KABUL - The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) strongly condemns today’s attack on Parliament in Kabul. “The attack against Parliament, for which the Taliban have claimed responsibility, is a clear and…

KABUL - The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) condemns the killing of 16 civilians, mostly women and children, and the injuring of several others, when their minibus hit an improvised explosive device…

NEW YORK - The United Nations Security Council is scheduled to convene 22 June in New York to discuss thelatest report of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on the situation in Afghanistan. The meeting, scheduled to commence 10…

KANDAHAR - Participants in the half-day discussion in Kandahar represented civil society and media organizations. They came together to identify ways to promote inclusivity and give voice to the views of ordinary Afghans on…

JALALABAD - A workshop focused on detainee rights brought together officials from judicial institutions in Jalalabad as part of a series of UNAMA-backed advocacy events and initiatives. Supported by the regional office of the…

KABUL - To engage men and boys as advocates for equality and women’s rights in Afghanistan, UN Women launched the HeForShe campaign in Kabul today. The campaign kicked off last year with various nations promoting advocacy…

NEW YORK - The latest quarterly report on the situation in Afghanistan and the activities of the United Nations in the country is available now. The UN Secretary-General’s Special Representative for Afghanistan, Nicholas…

MAZAR-I-SHARIF - More than 100 people gathered in Mazar-i-Sharif, in Afghanistan’s northern Balkh province, to discuss electoral issues and form a new regional civil society network designed to address them. Participants at…

DUSHANBE - The United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon met with Dr. Abdullah Abdullah, Chief Executive Officer of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, on the margins of the High-Level International Conference on the…

GARDEZ - Forging a working partnership between Provincial Councils and Civil Society lies at the heart of a series of recent UNAMA-backed meetings taking place across the country. In the latest meeting in Sharan in Paktika…

HERAT - The importance of expanded public-private partnerships to propel economic growth and social development was highlighted at a conference in Herat. The one-day conference yesterday, organized by UNAMA’s Herat-based…