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KABUL - German diplomat Martin Kobler, the newly appointed Deputy Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General (Political) of the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA), arrived in Kabul today to take…

KABUL - The Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for Afghanistan, Staffan de Mistura, visited Mazar-i-Sharif today where he promised the continuation of United Nations support even though the level of stability…

KABUL - On 11 April, a bus carrying a group of deminers on their way to go to work in Kandahar province’s Daman district was struck by a roadside bomb. Five of the deminers were killed, and 16 injured, according to the…

KABUL - On Monday, four civilians were reportedly killed and 18 others injured in the Zhari district of Kandahar province, when international military forces fired at a bus. The Special Representative to the United Nations…

KABUL - United Nations envoy Staffan de Mistura, the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Afghanistan, today called on the competent Afghan authorities to ensure a quick and thorough investigation into the case…

KABUL - The Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Afghanistan, Staffan de Mistura, in a meeting with Afghan President Hamid Karzai today, agreed to recommend the commencement of technical and logistical…

KABUL - A report issued by the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict, Radhika Coomaraswamy, at the end of her mission to Afghanistan in February this year, states that the Afghan…

KABUL - The Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General for Afghanistan, Staffan de Mistura, visited Kandahar today to assess the situation on the ground and meet with local leaders and authorities and UN…

KABUL - The Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General for Afghanistan, Staffan de Mistura, today concluded a two-day official visit to the Islamic Republic of Iran where he met with officials from the…

KABUL - The Special Representative of the Secretary-General, Staffan de Mistura today concluded a one and half day visit in the province of Herat, in the west of Afghanistan. The United Nations top envoy in Afghanistan saw…

KABUL - Tactics of the Taliban and other Anti-Government Elements (AGEs) are behind a 31 per cent increase in conflict-related Afghan civilian casualties in the first six months of 2010 compared with the same period in 2009…

KABUL - Harmful traditional practices that violate the human rights of women and girls are pervasive in Afghanistan, occurring in varying degrees in all communities throughout the country, the United Nations Assistance…