KABUL - The Secretary-General of the United Nations Ban Ki-moon, has held a press conference in Kabul. Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen I have come to Kabul to express my solidarity with the UN staff and Afghan people at…
KABUL - The Secretary-General of the United Nations Ban Ki-moon arrived in Kabul today following the attack on a Kabul guesthouse last week in which five UN staff members were killed and others were injured. دری و پشتو Mr Ban…
1 November 2009 - With Abdullah Abdullah, the challenger to President Hamid Karzai in next week's run-off, withdrawing from the race, the top United Nations envoy to Afghanistan today expressed hope that the elections will be…
1 November 2009 - Dr Abdullah has decided today not to participate in the second round of Afghanistan’s presidential election. This is clearly a decision he has taken after a long period of discussion and reflection. The next…
KABUL - Dr Abdullah has decided today not to participate in the second round of Afghanistan’s presidential election. دری و پشتو This is clearly a decision he has taken after a long period of discussion and reflection. The…
KABUL - Dr Abdullah has decided today not to participate in the second round of Afghanistan’s presidential election. دری و پشتو This is clearly a decision he has taken after a long period of discussion and reflection. The…
KABUL - With Abdullah Abdullah, the challenger to President Hamid Karzai in next week's run-off, withdrawing from the race, the top United Nations envoy to Afghanistan today expressed hope that the elections will be wrapped…
KABUL - 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…
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…
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…
30 October 2009 - Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has expressed cautious optimism over the progress of democracy in Guinea Bissau, where a series of political assassinations earlier this year threatened stability in the…
26 September 2009 - Determining who is responsible for a series of assassinations of senior political and military figures in Guinea-Bissau earlier this year is essential to consolidating the rule of law in the troubled West…