02 Aug 2010 - KABUL - UNICEF is distributing emergency assistance in the provinces that have been worst affected by recent floods, ensuring that the urgent needs of children are met.
The flooding follows torrential rains that have hit central and eastern parts of Afghanistan in the course of...
24 Jul 2010 - NEW YORK - The following Security Council press statement on Afghanistan was read out today by Council President U. Joy Ogwu ( Nigeria):
The members of the Security Council heard a briefing from the Secretary-General on his visit to Afghanistan for the Kabul International...
11 Jul 2010 - KABUL - The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) confirms that a Ministry of Interior escort supporting a UNAMA road movement was struck by an improvised explosive device in Parwan province yesterday, 8 July, on the main Kabul-Bamyan road.
Three Afghan...
30 Jun 2010 - KABUL - The United Nations confirms that a shooting took place late this morning in Kabul, involving one UN vehicle and two United Nations personnel.
Tragically, one United Nations staff member, an Afghan national, was killed. The other Afghan staff member was unharmed.
The...
24 Jun 2010 - KABUL - We are at the beginning of a process where Afghan institutions are running their own elections and doing this for the first time.
We are at the beginning of a process where Afghan institutions are running their own elections and doing this for the first time. The...