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BAMYAN - Women role models are encouraging girls to prioritize education and take a more active role in Afghan society as part of a series of UN-backed events around the country. At the latest event, organized by the United…

NEW YORK - Speaking to the UN News Centre, Mr. Haysom – the Secretary-General’s Special Representative and head of the UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) – said it would be “disastrous” if the country was forgotten…

HERAT - The central role of Afghan youth in achieving durable peace in Afghanistan was highlighted by panelists at a UNAMA-backed televised discussion in the western province of Herat. The televised panel discussion…

BRUSSELS - The prospect of electoral reforms in Afghanistan, which are needed for new parliamentary elections, has been welcomed by a high-level UN official speaking at the NATO Defence Ministers meeting. Electoral reforms…

BAMYAN - Religious scholars in the capital of one of Afghanistan’s central provinces urged their counterparts across the country to preach peace and reconciliation during Ramadan. The Bamyan leaders made the call at a…

KABUL - Afghanistan’s first online system for counter narcotics went live today, thanks to the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) and the Afghanistan Ministry of Counter Narcotics (MCN). The interactive…

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…