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17 April 2010 - The highest United Nations official in Afghanistan today recommended the release of international assistance for parliamentary elections to be held later this year, following a meeting with President Hamid…

KABUL - The Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Afghanistan, Staffan de Mistura, in a meeting with Afghan President Hamid Karzai today, agreed to recommend the commencement of technical and logistical…

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15 April 2010 - United Nations envoy Staffan de Mistura, the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Afghanistan, today called on the competent Afghan authorities to ensure a quick and thorough investigation into…

KABUL - There are a few types of workers who on the one hand, save people's lives, but on the other sometimes put their own lives in danger as well. Deminers are among them. On the early morning of 11 April, a group of…

15 April 2010 - On Monday, four civilians were reportedly killed and 18 others injured in the Zhari district of Kandahar province, when international military forces fired at a bus. The Special Representative of the United…

15 April 2010 - The Balkhi hall, in the centre of Herat is adorned for the occasion: Huge blocks of raw marble have been set outside the venue. Inside, statues, tiles, mantelpieces and fountains in the shape of birds, which…

KABUL - The top United Nations envoy in Afghanistan today voiced his concern over a “disturbing trend” of civilian casualties caused by recent international military operations in the country, urging greater efforts to…

14 April 2010 - On 11 April, a bus carrying a group of deminers on their way to go to work in Kandahar province’s Daman district was struck by a roadside bomb. Five of the deminers were killed, and 16 injured, according to…

13 April 2010 - A centre coordinating the detection and removal of landmines in Afghanistan on Monday condemned an attack on deminers in the country. UN Radio report The attack, which happened on a team working for the…

12 April 2010 - The Mine Action Coordination Centre of Afghanistan (MACCA) today condemned attacks on humanitarian deminers, following an attack on a team working for Afghan NGO DAFA in Kandahar on the 11 April which resulted…

12 April 2010 - Latest news and information from various United Nations agencies in Afghanistan. MACCA CONDEMNS ATTACKS ON DEMINERS The Mine Action Coordination Centre of Afghanistan (MACCA) today condemned attacks on…