18 Jan 2014 - NEW YORK - The members of the Security Council condemned in the strongest terms the terrorist attack on 17 January at a restaurant in Kabul, Afghanistan, which caused a number of deaths and injuries to Afghan civilians and international personnel, including United Nations staff...
08 Dec 2013 - KABUL - Afghan authorities registered more reports of violence against women under the Law on the Elimination of Violence against Women (EVAW law) over the past year, but prosecutions and convictions under the law remained low, with most cases settled by mediation, a UN report...
05 Dec 2013 - NEW YORK - The United Nations Security Council has strongly condemned recent attacks on development and humanitarian aid workers in Afghanistan, which resulted in the deaths of nine people and left another injured.
“The members of the Security Council condemned acts of violence...
05 Dec 2013 - KABUL - The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) today donated 12 vehicles to the country’s Independent Election Commission (IEC) and Independent Electoral Complaints Commission (IECC).
“At their request, UNAMA is charged with supporting Afghan electoral...
04 Dec 2013 - KABUL - The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) welcomes the appointment of the Media Commission as another key step towards the holding of credible Presidential and Provincial Council elections in April 2014.
The Mission notes that the five members of the...