UNAMA News

3 August 2010 - Breast milk provides a baby with all the essential fluids, energy and nutrients needed during the first six months of life, according to a campaign launched this week by the Ministry of Public Health with…

KABUL - The Afghanistan Poppy Eradication Verification Final Report released by the Ministry of Counter Narcotics (MCN) and the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) shows that a total of 2,316 hectares of…

KABUL - UNAMA is deeply concerned about reports of civilian casualties in Rege in Helmand Province on 23 July. It is essential that the current ISAF-Afghan Government investigation be completed in a thorough, transparent and…

1 August 2010 - A week of concerts with Ustad Safdar Tawakuli and other Hazara singers, buzkashi horse matches, theatre performances by youth groups and sales of homespun carpets and honey jars, wrapped up today at the second…

KABUL - UNICEF is distributing emergency assistance in the provinces that have been worst affected by recent floods, ensuring that the urgent needs of children are met. The flooding follows torrential rains that have hit…

2 August 2010 - UNICEF is distributing emergency assistance in the provinces that have been worst affected by recent floods, ensuring that the urgent needs of children are met. The flooding follows torrential rains that have…

KABUL - Relief aid provided by various United Nations agencies and Afghan partners has started to reach the nearly 4,000 families affected by last week’s flooding in eastern Afghanistan. “Hopefully, we will not have a big gap…

1 August 2010 - World Breastfeeding Week will be celebrated across Afghanistan from 1-7 August in a major campaign led by the Ministry of Public Health with the support of UNICEF, WHO and other health sector partners. The…

29 July 2010 - The Afghan National Army (ANA) airlifted today hundreds of people affected by flooding in eastern Afghanistan as United Nations and aid organizations prepare to deliver life saving aid to a region where many of…

29 July 2010 - Afghan officials have installed renewable energy and modern technology programmes in southern Afghanistan to ease the way some services are provided and to create job opportunities for young people. “We…

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28 July 2010 - Government authorities and aid agencies in eastern Afghanistan are gearing up to provide assistance to hundreds of people whose homes washed away or flooded following this morning’s incessant rainfall. “United…