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UNAMA not reducing international staff: UN chief

24 June 2010 - Staffan de Mistura, the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Afghanistan, today told journalists that UNAMA is not reducing its international personnel.

28 Jun 2010

Women in Herat and Paktya call for stronger role in peace and reconciliation

28 June 2010 - Sahadat Karimi walks to the stage, past the sofas where officials are seated, and retrieves a large colorful parcel from the hands of Herat’s director of the Department of Women Affairs (DWA). She pauses, briefly smiles to the cameras, and returns to her seat.

28 Jun 2010

UN agencies work toward educating girls in Herat

28 June 2010 - For the last four months, 15-year-old Firouzan has been learning to read and write with 20 other women from Khale Jan, a small village on the outskirts of Herat city.

28 Jun 2010

Security Council wraps up visit with pledge of sustained support for Afghanistan

UN News Centre (New York) 24 June 2010 - Members of the Security Council wrapped up their visit to Afghanistan today, voicing their continued support for the country’s efforts to build a lasting peace and stressing the need for free and fair elections, improved governance and the upholding of hum

24 Jun 2010