UNTV: Your office has moved to Geneva. Can I ask why the team has come to Geneva? Joint Special Representative of the United Nations and League of Arab States for Syria, Mr. Lakhdar Brahimi: We were planning to come to Geneva…
KUNDUZ - Schoolchildren in Afghanistan’s north-eastern province of Kunduz held a protest march recently, calling for limits on the sale of toy guns in local markets. Instead, the children, supported by civil society groups…
Mogadishu - UNSOM’s Rule of Law and Security Institutions Group undertook a tour of duty on 20 August 2013, to the Somali Police Force (SPF) Headquarters, where they handed over a number of Japanese funded CIT equipment that…
KANDAHAR - A student of technical studies school in Kandahar developed a fridge which runs with solar energy. A student of Grade 12, Bashir Ahmad, has also invented a bulb which can be turned on and off with the help of a…
KABUL - Long isolated even from its neighbours, Afghanistan may soon find itself at the centre of a Central Asian railroad network that promises to unlock new trade routes and spur economic development. The dream is to use…
KABUL - Amidst increasing humanitarian needs and challenging situations under which humanitarian workers operate in Afghanistan, a top United Nations official in the country said today that commitment of all is required to…
KANDAHAR - Speakers at a United Nations-backed event on Sunday in Afghanistan’s southern Kandahar province to mark International Youth Day (12 August) said the country’s youth should take more role in political and socio…
BAMYAN - A music concert organized last week in Afghanistan’s central Bamyan province to mark International Youth Day (12 August) drew an audience of thousands from all over the country. In more than a dozen performances at…
Mogadishu. - SRSG Nicholas Kay expresses grave concern over allegations of rape at an AMISOM military facility. He welcomes the announcements by the Federal Government of Somalia and by AMISOM of the establishment of an…
Mogadishu - SRSG Nicholas Kay expresses grave concern over allegations of rape at an AMISOM military facility. He welcomes the announcements by the Federal Government of Somalia and by AMISOM of the establishment of an…
Mogadishu – SRSG Nicholas Kay expresses grave concern over allegations of rape at an AMISOM military facility. He welcomes the announcements by the Federal Government of Somalia and by AMISOM of the establishment of an…
FARYAB - More than 1,500 families have fled their homes fearing possible clashes between security forces and Taliban insurgents in the Ghormach district of Faryab province. The exodus came three days after security officials…