News (Consolidated) - UNSOM

6 May 2009 - The top United Nations official in Afghanistan today expressed his serious concern about reports of civilian casualties and fighting that took place in the country’s western Farah province on Monday. “Details of…

7 May 2009 - Floods caused by heavy rainfall have killed 41 people and inflicted considerable damage to infrastructure and property in the three north eastern provinces of Baghlan, Takhar and Badakhshan. More than 750 houses…

7 May 2009 - This week, the presidents of the United States, Afghanistan and Pakistan with the engagement of their top advisors, hold the second Trilateral Consultations in Washington to address issues of regional security…

KABUL - The United Nations Envoy for Afghanistan, Kai Eide, today opened the 19th UN office in Tirin Kot, the provincial capital of Uruzgan. The office was opened in the presence of the Foreign Minister of the Netherlands…

9 May 2009 - The United Nations opened its 20th office in the northern Sar-i-Pul province of Afghanistan on Saturday, continuing the world body's drive to promote development across the strife-torn nation. “I consider this…

KABUL - Fakhria is a 12 year-old schoolgirl from the suburbs of Kabul. Like many Afghan children, for many years she had to bring water from her home to school, or get unsafe water from one of the public pumps, shared by the…

KABUL - The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) today urged that the planning and implementation of military operations in Afghanistan must take into account the safety of the civilian population. A joint…

12 May 2009 - The UN’s top envoy in Afghanistan is encouraging increased support for the country from its neighbours at a major regional conference. The Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Afghanistan Kai Eide…

13 May 2009 - Voters in Afghanistan have the chance to raise complaints against candidates for the forthcoming presidential and provincial council elections. The Electoral Complaints Commission (ECC) has announced that it is…

13 May 2009 - The United Nations World Food Programme is providing emergency food assistance to thousands of people in five provinces of Afghanistan. The move comes in the wake of floods which have claimed scores of lives and…

14 May 2009 - In May 1507 during a punitive raid into the plains south of Ghazni, the future Mughal Emperor Babur, describes how he and his horsemen took a day off from slaughtering rebellious Afghan tribesmen, to have a day…