Press Releases

KABUL - The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) on Thursday released a report on the impact, implementation and enforcement of the “law on the pr opagatio n of virtue and prevention of vice”, or “PVPV law”, by Afghanistan’s de facto authorities. The report, covering a six-month…

ISTANBUL - The United Nations in Afghanistan is urging the international donor community to maintain critical support for the Afghan people, 22.9 million of whom are in need of assistance in 2025. The appeal for the country, which is the world’s second-largest humanitarian crisis today, comes ahead…

UNAMA expresses its deep disappointment that for the fourth consecutive year, Afghanistan’s de facto authorities have again denied access to secondary education for girls, a step that will only compound Afghanistan’s human rights, humanitarian, and economic crises. “The new school year has started…

KABUL – On International Women’s Day, the United Nations in Afghanistan reiterates its urgent call for the de facto authorities to lift restrictions that continue to strip women and girls of their fundamental rights. The UN also calls on Member States to translate solidarity into action—by…

KABUL — Today, on the International Day of Education, the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) marks this significant occasion with a profound sense of regret and deep concern for the millions of Afghan girls who continue to be denied their fundamental right to education. It has…

KABUL - The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) is extremely concerned about a reported directive of the de facto authorities preventing women and girls from attending classes at private medical institutions. UNAMA continues to verify these reports through official channels and…

KABUL - Today, on the International Day of Persons with Disabilities, the United Nations in Afghanistan joins communities across the globe in celebrating the resilience, achievements, and leadership of persons with disabilities. We call on the de-facto authorities to support the initiative and to…

KABUL - United Nations in Afghanistan calls upon the country’s de facto authorities to take immediate action to end violence against women and girls and to reverse the systematic erosion of women’s rights and the enjoyment of their fundamental freedoms that fosters such violence. The call is made as…

KABUL - Special Representative of the Secretary-General and head of the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) Roza Otunbayeva issued a statement today marking International Day of the Girl (11 October). “In Afghanistan, we mark this important day with a great deal of sorrow…

NEY YORK - The members of the Security Council condemned in the strongest terms the heinous terrorist attack that occurred in Kabul, the capital of Afghanistan, on 2 September, which was claimed by ISIL (Da’esh) -K and resulted in multiple people killed and many wounded. The members of the Security…