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KABUL - Afghanistan’s upcoming parliamentary polls will be “far from” perfect, but they should be much less marred by fraud than last year’s presidential elections, the top United Nations envoy to the country said today.
KABUL - The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) fully supports the reaffirmation today by Afghanistan’s Independent Election Commission (IEC) of its definitive decision that it will conduct the 18 September Wolesi Jirga elections based on the final list of po
GHAZNI - The United Nations entity tasked with coordinating landmine removal efforts said today it is supporting the efforts of a local organization that is removing mines from the Afghan city of Ghazni, ahead of a planned designation of the city as an Islamic centre of civilizat
KUNDUZ - Less than a month before the scheduled parliamentary elections, Afghan electoral and human rights groups met with United Nations officials in the northeast province of Kunduz this week to share information about electoral preparations.
KABUL - A rise in insurgent attacks has led to a 31 per cent increase in the number of civilians killed in Afghanistan in the first six months of 2010 compared with the same period in 2009, the United Nations said in a new report released today.
KABUL - The human cost of the armed conflict in Afghanistan is escalating in 2010. In the first six months of the year, civilian casualties – including deaths and injuries of civilians – increased by 31 per cent over the same period in 2009.
KABUL - Tactics of the Taliban and other Anti-Government Elements (AGEs) are behind a 31 per cent increase in conflict-related Afghan civilian casualties in the first six months of 2010 compared with the same period in 2009, the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (U
NEW YORK - The United Nations health agency said today that it has begun sending medical supplies to aid thousands of people affected by recent flooding across Afghanistan, where the major health concerns right now are water contamination and the spread of waterborne diseases.
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 eradicated poppy fields have been verified by MCN/UNODC in 11 provinces.
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.