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KABUL - The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) strongly condemns the continued, targeted killing of Afghan election workers in the wake of the historic second round of the country’s Presidential election…

KABUL - The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) strongly condemns the mutilation of eleven civilians in the western province of Herat.In interviews with UNAMA human rights monitors, the victims said the…

NEW YORK - The Secretary-General congratulates the people of Afghanistan for exercising their right to vote in the second round of the presidential election on Saturday. The participation of men and women across the country…

KABUL - The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) congratulates the men and women of Afghanistan on the holding today of the second round of the Presidential elections – a major achievement in the country’s…

KABUL - As Afghans voted in the second round run-off of their country’s Presidential elections today, a senior official with the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) – on a visit to a polling centre in the…

KABUL - Encouraging Afghans to take part in the upcoming elections, calling on the Afghan security forces to secure the polls, asking the country’s two election management bodies to fully implement recommendations to improve…

KABUL - As preparations for the 14 June Presidential run-off vote are finalized, the United Nations Assistance Mission for Afghanistan (UNAMA) calls upon all electoral stakeholders to fulfill their joint responsibility to…

KABUL -The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) welcomes the release today of a report prepared by Afghan civilian society groups and the Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commission that outlines a…

KABUL - The Afghan body responsible for organizing Saturday’s second round run-off in the country’s Presidential elections has said that more than 6,300 polling centres will open on the day – an increase of about 150 centres…

KABUL - The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) condemns the killing of eight Afghan de-miners and the wounding of another three in an attack in the country’s central province of Logar today.“De-miners…

KABUL - In a United Nations-backed report released today in the Afghan capital of Kabul, a group of Afghan civil society organizations called for a number of measures to be taken – including tackling widespread corruption…

KABUL - As preparations for the 14 June Presidential run-off vote are finalized, the United Nations Assistance Mission for Afghanistan (UNAMA) calls upon all electoral stakeholders to fulfill their joint responsibility to…