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GARDEZ - Effective strategies for promoting women’s increased participation in the media was the topic of a UNAMA-backed panel discussion held in Gardez, capital of the eastern province of Paktya. Some 50 participants…

MAZAR-E-SHARIF - The extraordinary work of a group of Afghan professionals, assisted by the United Nations, was marked at a photographic exhibition in Mazar-e-Sharif today. Around 100 people, including students…

MAZAR-E-SHARIF - Afghan political leaders, diplomats and civil society representatives joined with United Nations officials in Mazar-e-Sharif to celebrate the enduring Afghan-UN partnership. Atta Mohammad Noor, the Governor…

KABUL - Empowering Afghan women and advancing their human rights were the focus of UNAMA-backed events in Kandahar and Panjshir provinces this week. In Bazarak, in the central province of Panjshir, UNAMA officials and UN…

KABUL - Afghan political leaders and professionals joined with UN officials in Kabul to celebrate Afghans and the UN’s enduring partnership with Afghanistan on the occasion of the Organization’s 70th anniversary. Speaking at…

KABUL - On the International Day to End Impunity for Crimes Against Journalists, the UN Secretary-General’s Special Representative for Afghanistan, Nicholas Haysom, reiterated the call of the Secretary-General to end the…

KABUL - As part of UNAMA’s ongoing advocacy for the protection of civilians in armed conflict, a panel of experts highlighted international humanitarian law, the responsibilities of parties to conflict and Islamic…

KABUL - The extraordinary work of a group of Afghan professionals who have made a positive difference in their fields, for the betterment of Afghanistan, was celebrated at a photographic exhibition in Kabul today. An…

NEW YORK - The new Permanent Representative of Afghanistan to the United Nations, Ambassador Mahmoud Saikal, has presented his credentials to UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon. PRESS RELEASE FROM AFGHAN MISSION TO THE UNITED…

GENEVA - A bus carrying staff of the Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commission (AIHRC) was struck by an explosive device early Monday morning in the eastern city of Jalalabad. Two AIHRC were killed and six others…

KABUL - The United Nations family in Afghanistan is marking UN Day by highlighting the work of some of the outstanding Afghan professionals it has assisted or worked with in recent years. These professionals, together with…

KABUL - Iconic landmarks around the world were illuminated in blue light to mark the United Nations 70th anniversary. Ban Ki-moon, the UN Secretary-General described the Organization as a “beacon for all humanity,” as UN…