News from our Missions
Updates from UN special political missions supporting conflict prevention, mediation, peacebuilding and political processes worldwide.
HELMAND - In a meeting with Helmand Provincial Council Members, the head of Returnees and Refugees Department, Ghulam Farooq Noorzai, said that around 209 families and other 71 families returned from Iran and Pakistan…
NANGARHAR - Tired of filing news reports on civilian casualties and other war reports, a local group of journalists and writers submitted a petition to the local government authorities as well as the United Nations in…
KABUL - At a conference linked to efforts on how to achieve a sustainable peace in Afghanistan this week, noted religious scholars from across the country called on warring sides to make "honest efforts" to put an end to the…
KANDAHAR - In an exclusive interview with Kandahar RTA, Kandahar Governor, Dr Toryali Wesa, said that the distribution of new electronic identity cards would help determine the actual population size of Kandahar and at the…
Abuja, 8 April 2013 – The Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for West Africa, Said Djinnit attended the 9th Annual Development Partners Coordination Meeting of the Economic Community of West African States…
KABUL - The United Nations will provide a grant of US$58 million to Afghanistan for an initiative aimed at improving food security by enhancing the skills, services and income opportunities of rural women and men. The…
KABUL - The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) expresses its serious concern over the deaths of at least 11 civilians, including 10 children and one woman, and injuries to seven others, in an armed clash…
FARAH - Afghan President, Hamid Karzai, visited Farah province today to meet with the family members of the victims of the Taliban group attack on 3 April in the province that killed over 50 people and wounded nearly 100…
PAKTYA - In a one day workshop in Khost province attended by community elders, clerics, civil society members, political party agents, reporters and head of the sectorial working groups, participants pointed out post-2014…
GHAZNI - Local officials promised last year to construct Band-i-Sultan dam in Jaghatu district of Ghazni province but the construction is yet to start, according to residents of Ghazni. Hundreds of them visited the irrigation…
Abuja, 8 April 2013 – The Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for West Africa, Said Djinnit attended the 9th Annual Development Partners Coordination Meeting of the Economic Community of West African States…