KABUL - On behalf of the United Nations and the whole international community present in Afghanistan, I would like to express in the strongest possible terms our concern and indeed outrage at the announcement by a small…

KABUL - Ramazan is a month of worship. Muslims are encouraged to be charitable and forgiving, and to practise goodwill towards others. In Afghanistan, Muslims continue to face challenges towards peace due to conflict and…

9 September 2010 - On behalf of the United Nations family in Afghanistan I share my heartfelt greetings to the Afghan people in the celebration of the religious festival of Eid-ul-Fitr. Dari and Pashto Throughout the month of…

9 September 2010 - SRSG Staffan de Mistura appeared on the BBC's programme, The Hub, on Wednesday to call on the religious group to not go ahead with its threat to burn copies of the Quran. GOWING: The US Secretary of State…

9 September 2010 - HIV/AIDS is the focus of a door-to-door campaign carried out by young people in the south-eastern province of Nangarhar. Youth groups have recently conducted nearly 400 awareness-raising sessions across six…

8 September 2010 - The top United Nations envoy to Afghanistan today voiced his outrage over the threat by a religious group in the United States to burn copies of the Koran, warning that it could endanger the lives of those…

8 September 2010 - On behalf of the United Nations and the whole international community present in Afghanistan, I would like to express in the strongest possible terms our concern and indeed outrage at the announcement by a…

8 September 2010 - This year’s observance of International Literacy Day highlights the central role of literacy in the empowerment of women. Literacy transforms the lives of women, their families, communities and societies…

7 September 2010 - Joint United Nations-Turquoise Mountain youth arts exhibition for International Peace Day at Queen’s Palace, Babur Garden, Kabul, Afghanistan OPENING ADDRESS Besmillah Rahman Raheem, Ramazan Kareem Thank…

Communiqué of the Gender Audit Workshop on the Consultation Draft Constitution of the Somali Republic.

The United Nations today launched a new initiative aimed at strengthening efforts to assist Central Asian countries in their efforts to combat terrorism. "Central Asia is one of the most interdependent regions of the world…

KABUL - “The Power of Women’s Literacy” is this year’s International Literacy Day theme. Improving Afghanistan’s literacy is a key development goal for the country, which has only 26 per cent literacy among over 15-year-olds…