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NEW YORK - The Secretary-General notes the challenges that Afghanistan and the international community have faced in 2007, and is thankful to all those Member States contributing troops and assets to the NATO-led…

15 January 2008 - The Secretary-General condemns in the strongest possible terms the attack against the Serena Hotel in Kabul yesterday, which killed at least eight people and injured a number of others, both Afghans and…

17 February 2008 - The Secretary-General strongly condemns the suicide bombing in Kandahar, Afghanistan, today that killed an estimated 80 people. Dari & Pashto This attack is yet another tragic reminder of the insecurity in…

3 May 2008 - To ‘spare no efforts’ to bring to justice perpetrators of attacks on journalists. English - Dari - Pashto

27 April 2008 - I condemn in the strongest terms the attack against President Karzai that occurred at a victory parade in Kabul today. This attack against the legitimate institutions of the Afghan state and the Afghan people…

16 June 2008 - The Security Council has welcomed the renewed commitment expressed by more than 80 countries and international organizations last week in Paris to advance peace, security and development in Afghanistan. The…

26 August 2008 - It has come to our attention that individuals convicted in 2006 for the rape of a woman from the Ruyi Du Ab district of Samangan province in northern Afghanistan have been prematurely released from detention…

NEW YORK - The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights says the escalation of the conflict in Afghanistan has had a “significant impact on civilians.” Press Release: English - Dari - Pashto Ms. Navi Pillay presents…

KABUL - I welcome today’s statement by the Independent Election Commission reaffirming 20 August as the date of Afghanistan’s 2009 presidential and provincial council elections. This date will provide the time needed for the…

KABUL - The situation for women in Afghanistan is very mixed. There’s a lot to point to institutionally in terms of what has been accomplished in the last five years. The National Action Plan for Women and the Afghanistan…

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KABUL - More than 82,000 anti-personnel mines were cleared in Afghanistan in 2008, but the funding needed to meet the 2013 demining completion goal – around $500 million – is threatened by the world economic situation, a…