Press Releases

  • 05 Sep 2011 - KABUL - German diplomat Martin Kobler, the newly appointed Deputy Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General (Political) of the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA), arrived in Kabul today to take up his post. Mr Kobler will be responsible for...
  • 05 Sep 2011 - KABUL - The Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for Afghanistan, Staffan de Mistura, visited Mazar-i-Sharif today where he promised the continuation of United Nations support even though the level of stability and development is higher than in other parts of the...
  • 05 Sep 2011 - KABUL - On 11 April, a bus carrying a group of deminers on their way to go to work in Kandahar province’s Daman district was struck by a roadside bomb. Five of the deminers were killed, and 16 injured, according to the Demining Agency for Afghanistan, which employs the deminers...
  • 05 Sep 2011 - KABUL - On Monday, four civilians were reportedly killed and 18 others injured in the Zhari district of Kandahar province, when international military forces fired at a bus. The Special Representative to the United Nations Secretary-General for Afghanistan, Staffan de...
  • 05 Sep 2011 - KABUL - United Nations envoy Staffan de Mistura, the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Afghanistan, today called on the competent Afghan authorities to ensure a quick and thorough investigation into the case of three Italian medical workers and their six...

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