Press Releases

  • 13 Jun 2013 - NEW YORK - The Secretary-General [Ban Ki-moon] condemns the suicide attack that took place on 11 June in Kabul on civilian government workers in the environs of the Supreme Court building. The attack, for which the Taliban claimed responsibility, was timed and located to...
  • 13 Jun 2013 - WASHINGTON - The World Bank today approved an additional grant of US$12.5 million from the International Development Association (IDA), its concessional lending arm, to finance the continuation of a project to provide safety nets to the country’s poorest people and improve the...
  • 11 Jun 2013 - KABUL - The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) condemns in the strongest terms today’s attack against civilian government workers in the capital, Kabul, which killed at least 17 civilians and injured 40. Initial reports indicate that a suicide attacker...
  • 03 Jun 2013 - KABUL - The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) strongly condemns the two deadly attacks which took place in the country’s east today, killing at least 19 people, including a dozen children – demonstrating once again that anti-government elements knowingly...
  • 02 Jun 2013 - KABUL - The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) and UN Women have urged Afghan authorities to step up their efforts to ensure the full implementation of the law on the Elimination of Violence Against Women (EVAW), in line with their international...

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