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UNHCR statement on today's attack in Kandahar, southern Afghanistan
GENEVA - At around 6am today, an organized attack in Kandahar involving suicide bombers and gunmen resulted in the deaths of three UNHCR employees at our compound and the wounding of two other staff members. UNHCR has been…
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UNAMA-UNDP joint statement: International community reaffirms commitment to Afghan peace process
KABUL - Representatives from the international community met with Afghan Government officials on 27 September and reaffirmed their commitment to the Afghan peace process, following the assassination of Professor Burhanuddin…
Statement by UN Secretary-General Ban on the death of Prof. Burhanuddin Rabbani
NEWYORK - I am deeply shocked by the death of Professor Burhanuddin Rabbani, former President of Afghanistan and Chairman of the High Peace Council in a bomb attack at his house in Kabul. I am saddened to hear that Minister…
Security Council press statement marking the ten-year anniversary of September 11, 2001
NEW YORK - On the tenth anniversary of the terrorist attacks of 11 September 2001, the members of the Security Council recalled the heinous attacks which took place that day in New York, Washington, D.C. and Pennsylvania…
Statement by UNICEF Executive Director Ann M. Veneman on July 9 bomb attack in Afghanistan
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…
UN representative visit Kandahar to express support for the elections
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…
MoPH, UNICEF and WHO joint press statement: Eradicating polio in Afghanistan now!
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…
Statement by Special Representative de Mistura on the occasion of the holy month of Ramadan
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…
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon's statement on World Environment Day
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…
Statement by Peter Crowley, UNICEF Representative in Afghanistan, on International Children's Day
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…