Press Releases and Statements

KABUL - "On 9 July, an explosion in the vicinity of a school south of Kabul reportedly killed at least 25 people, including 15 children. This appalling incident follows other attacks in and around schools in Afghanistan that…

KABUL - Staffan de Mistura, the Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General for Afghanistan, today visited the southern city of Kandahar with Abdullah Ahmadzai, Chief Electoral Officer of Afghanistan…

KABUL - Afghanistan’s Ministry of Public Health (MoPH), with the support of the World Health Organization (WHO) and the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has launched intensified efforts to wipe out polio from the…

KABUL - The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) congratulates all Muslim Afghans inside and outside Afghanistan on the holy month of Ramadan. English Ramadan is a month of worship, forgiveness, generosity…

5 June 2011 - Nearly 20 years after the 1992 Earth Summit, the world is once again on the road to Rio – the site of the June 2012 UN Conference on Sustainable Development. Much has changed in the past two decades…

1 June 2011 - On a day that is marked by many countries as International Children’s Day and dedicated to celebrating childhood, Afghanistan continues to be plagued by conflict and remains one of the most dangerous places in…

KABUL, 19 May 2011 – The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) is deeply concerned about recent events in Taluqan city, Takhar province that resulted in deaths and injuries to civilians. Following a night…

KABUL - The World Press Freedom Day, was celebrated today in Kabul in International Press Center of Ministry of Information and Culture, to highlight and recognize the most important achievement of the post-Taliban democracy…

NEW YORK - Good morning, ladies and gentlemen. The death of Osama bin Laden, announced by President [Barack] Obama last night, is a watershed moment in our common global fight against terrorism. The crimes of Al Qaeda touched…

2 May 2011 - Good morning, ladies and gentlemen. The death of Osama bin Laden, announced by President [Barack] Obama last night, is a watershed moment in our common global fight against terrorism. The crimes of Al Qaeda…