News from our Missions
KABUL - Some 2.8 million children under five years old in southern, south-eastern, western and eastern Afghanistan will be targeted by a new three-day polio eradication drive to be launched today. English - Dari The…
KABUL - In a report issued today, the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) projects a stable opium crop in Afghanistan in 2010. Afghanistan Opium Winter Rapid Assessment 2010 The UNODC Winter Rapid Assessment 2010…
16 February 2010 - Download the latest monthly newsletter produced by the Mine Action Coordination Centre of Afghanistan (MACCA). English - Dari - Pashto
KABUL - It is not just the conventional military war the governments of Afghanistan and Pakistan are fighting in the rugged mountains shared by the South Asian neighbours. The two countries – supported by the United Nations…
15 February 2010 - Provincial authorities, community elders and women in Dai Kundi province met recently to discuss how to promote women participation in the civil service. The two-day workshop was held by the Department of…
15 February 2010 - The recent torrential flooding in the western region resulted in the death of at least 14 people and destroyed many residential facilities. In a joint effort, the United Nations provided food and non-food…
14 February 2010 - The United Nations and the humanitarian community call for respect of humanitarian personnel and humanitarian aid as increasing numbers of displaced people arrive in Lashkar Gah. UN report - OCHA press…
QARABAGH - Barely an hour away from the bustle of Kabul and the miasma of Afghan politics, change is taking place, albeit slowly, in Qarabagh, the second largest district of Kabul province. At a time when political…
KABUL - Some 2.8 million children under five years old in southern, south-eastern, western and eastern Afghanistan will be targeted by a new three-day polio eradication drive to be launched today. English - Dari The…
12 February 2010 - As the issue of national reconciliation and reintegration is gaining momentum both in Afghanistan and abroad, leading religious scholars in eastern Afghanistan have stressed that the process should be led…
Nairobi, 12 February 2010 – The UN Special Representative for Somalia, Ahmedou Ould-Abdallah, has congratulated the Somali Government on its first anniversary and urged it to continue its efforts to restore peace and…
Special Representative Ahmedou Ould-Abdallah has congratulated the Somali Government on its first anniversary and urged it to continue its efforts to restore peace and stability to the country.