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KABUL - Enhancing transparency and efficiency of customs facilitation dramatically increases Afghan trade volumes and revenue collection. UNOPS PR English - Dari - Pashto Every day, trucks coming from Pakistan through the…

KABUL - The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) today called on all sides of Afghanistan’s conflict to minimize the impact of fighting on civilians. Full Report - Press release: English - Dari - Pashto…

NEW YORK - Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today outlined seven priorities for 2010, beginning with the urgent need for a renewed focus on sustainable development, including advancing efforts to achieve the globally agreed…

NEW YORK - The Security Council discussed the situation in Afghanistan today, with Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon stressing the twin needs to strengthen the Government’s role while coordinating “broader and more effective”…

NEW YORK - Afghanistan will remain a priority for the United Nations in 2010, the Secretary-General told the Security Council on Wednesday. Despite the flawed elections and the deteriorating security situation, Ban Ki-moon…

NEW YORK - UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon's briefing to the Security Council on Afghanistan. Mr. President, Excellencies, Let me begin by offering my warmest greetings for the New Year, 2010. I hope and trust that it will…

NEW YORK - UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, his Special Representative for Afghanistan Kai Eide, and Afghanistan's Ambassador to the United Nations in New York Zahir Tanin, have been addressing the Security Council. Full…

KABUL - UNAMA reviews 2009 in Afghanistan with a series of articles looking back. Of the seven years that the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) has been in existence, 2009 would probably qualify as the…

KABUL - Dozens of United Nations personnel made the ultimate sacrifice in the line of duty last year with at least 28 civilian staff members and seven peacekeeping troops killed in deadly attacks, the world body’s staff union…

NEW YORK - The head of the UN Mission in Afghanistan is calling for a transition strategy for the country that addresses both military and civilian objectives.

KABUL - As temperatures drop around the country, United Nations agencies, their partners, and the Afghan Government, are working together to provide relief supplies to help some 200,000 vulnerable people cope with the harsh…

NEW YORK - UN Radio's Year in review: In the Afghan capital, Kabul, the UN suffered a major loss. Five UN staff members were killed and nine wounded after an attack by armed Taliban militants.