Press Releases

  • 31 Oct 2009 - 28 October 2009 - This is a very dark day for the UN in Afghanistan. I strongly condemn the attack this morning on a guest house here in Kabul, for which the Taliban has claimed responsibility.   This brutal attack has cost the lives of at least five UN staff and injured at...
  • 31 Oct 2009 - KABUL - At the 6211th meeting of the Security Council, held on 29 October 2009, in connection with the Council’s consideration of the item entitled “The situation in Afghanistan”, the President of the Security Council made the following statement on behalf of the Council:...
  • 28 Oct 2009 - NEW YORK - I am deeply shocked and outraged by the cowardly attack on a guest house in central Kabul today, which killed five UN staff and injured a number of others. I condemn in the strongest possible terms the despicable and brutal killing, for which the Taleban has claimed...
  • 28 Oct 2009 - KABUL - The United Nations spokesperson in Afghanistan Adrian Edwards, has confirmed that six UN staff members were killed this morning during an attack at a guesthouse in Kabul. Other UN staff members were injured. More details will follow.
  • 25 Oct 2009 - KABUL - The Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commission (AIHRC) and the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) today issued their third joint-political rights monitoring report related to the 20 August elections. This report, which covers the period...

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