HERAT - The work of empowered Afghans improving their province with the support of the United Nations was the focus of a UN-backed event in the capital of the western province of Herat.

KUNDUZ - More than 100 families affected by the recent fighting in the Kunduz area received humanitarian assistance packages distributed with the support of the UN and its partners.

NEW YORK - The most important development that would enable Afghanistan to continue to face its substantial economic, security and political challenges would be identifying a political path to peace, said Nicholas Haysom, the UN Secretary-General’s Special Representative for Afgh