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UN Envoy urges next Afghan government to make institution building a national priority

31 August 2009 - The top United Nations envoy for Afghanistan, Kai Eide today urged the country’s future government to take the lead in managing Afghanistan’s development through a new and “massive institution-building programme”.

31 Aug 2009

Security Council, Secretary-General deplore brutal bombing in southern Afghanistan

KABUL - The Security Council, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and the senior United Nations official in Afghanistan have all condemned yesterday’s suicide bomb attack in the southern city of Kandahar, which has killed more than 40 civilians and wounded at least 80 others.

27 Aug 2009

Statement by the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Afghanistan, Kai Eide

KABUL - Last night a suicide bomb attack in Kandahar city resulted in the death of at least forty-one civilians and injuries to over eighty others.

26 Aug 2009

Journalists rule out post-election violence

KABUL - Journalists in the eastern city of Jalalabad have ruled out any possibility of large-scale post-election violence as preliminary results of last week’s presidential and provincial council elections are starting to trickle in.

26 Aug 2009

Security Council lauds holding of ‘historic’ Afghan elections

NEW YORK - The United Nations Security Council has welcomed the holding of Afghanistan’s “historic” presidential and provincial council elections, while condemning the actions of those who sought to disrupt the 20 August polls.

21 Aug 2009

UN officials congratulate Afghan people on largely peaceful polls

NEW YORK - Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and his top envoy to Afghanistan have congratulated the people of the fledgling democracy on today’s presidential and provincial council elections, and paid tribute to all those who made the largely peaceful polls possible.

21 Aug 2009

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