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HERAT - Raising awareness about women’s rights and eliminating violence against women is the focus of a joint UN-Afghanistan outreach initiative which will run during 2016 in the western province of Herat. A number of UN…

KABUL - The UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) condemns the suicide attack against media workers in Kabul yesterday that killed eight and injured 24 civilians, many of them from the media sector. The casualties…

NEW YORK - Violent extremism is a direct assault on the United Nations Charter and a grave threat to international peace and security. Terrorist groups such as Daesh, Boko Haram and others have brazenly kidnapped young girls…

KABUL - Global efforts to meet new development goals tackling poverty, inequality and injustice, and climate change kicked off this year. World leaders at the United Nations Sustainable Development Summit in September – at…

KABUL - The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) condemns today’s suicide attack in Jalalabad that killed 13 civilians and injured 14 others. A suicide attacker detonated his explosive device inside a…

KABUL - The humanitarian community in Afghanistan is likely to be called upon in 2016 to redouble efforts made last year to provide life-saving assistance said the Humanitarian Coordinator, Mark Bowden. In a message published…

KABUL - The UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) welcomes the positive start made by the Quadrilateral Coordination Group (QCG) in its work on the Afghan peace and reconciliation process. UNAMA notes the recognition…

KABUL - Students from Afghanistan and the rest the world are invited to take part in an essay competition that puts their language skills to the test - and may take them to a youth forum at UN Headquarters in New York. The…

KABUL – The results of the Afghan People’s Dialogue on Peace process should be taken into account at tomorrow’s quadripartite peace meeting in Islamabad according to a key grouping of Afghan civil society. Representatives of…

PAKTIKA - Inspiring women and girls to play a more active role in society was the aim of UNAMA and civil society-supported seminars held in south-western Afghanistan last month. More than 200 people attended the one-day…

KABUL - The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) condemns a spate of bombings in civilian areas of Kabul by the Taliban in the first few days of the new year. The Taliban claimed responsibility for three…

KANDAHAR - UNAMA recognized and thanked key Afghan partners for their support during 2015 at an event in the southern city of Kandahar. Members of 17 local and community organizations, including representatives of civil…