News from our Missions
KUNDUZ - Carpet traders in Afghanistan’s northeastern Kunduz Province are hit hard by sharp decline in carpet export, which is a major source of income for the local population. “Since two years ago, we have over production,”…
KABUL - Civil society and media watchdog organizations urged the Government of Afghanistan today to immediately send the draft Access to Information Law to the parliament for approval in order to ensure “accountability…
KABUL - Eleven-year-old Mohamed Nasim, who is in sixth grade, wakes up at 5:30 every morning to take computer lessons in a makeshift classroom here in Borghaso village, Bamiyan Province, northwest of Kabul. He draws a house…
KABUL - UNAMA notes the announcement today of the main findings and recommendations of the President’s fact-finding delegation tasked to investigate torture and ill-treatment of detainees by Afghan authorities in Afghan…
Seoul, Republic of Korea, 13 August 2012 [Statement]
"We will always remember the telephone number 711..." says Moijue KaiKai, Minister of Social Welfare, Gender and Children's Affairs in Sierra Leone of Women's Situation Room.
KABUL - The United Nations in Afghanistan has joined forces with national and international partners to expand and complement existing programmes to strengthen the capacity of women police, and improve access to justice for…
BADAKHSHAN - Food prices have spiraled in 17 districts of northeastern Badakhshan province as roads linking the towns with provincial capital, Faizabad City, remained closed due to recent snowfall, officials said on Friday…
KANDAHAR - Kandahar Governor Dr. Toryali Wesa said yesterday that proper living conditions should be provided prior to the return of Afghan refugees to the country. “Upon the return of the refugees, we will be able to have…
Meeting in Entebbe to discuss priorities and implementation The United Nations Regional Office for Central Africa (UNOCA) organizes, from 11 to 12 February in Entebbe (Uganda), a meeting to evaluate and discuss priorities in…
HELMAND - Officials in southern Helmand Province of Afghanistan kicked off a sapling planting campaign yesterday, with the aim of planting 135,000 saplings. Helmand Governor Al-haj Mohammad Naem, Deputy Governor Masood…