Top UN envoy: Interference by officials in electoral process must stop
7 July 2009 – The top United Nations envoy in Afghanistan, Kai Eide, has called for a stop to the increasing interference by government officials in the election process. Eide, the Special Representative of the UN Secretary…
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UN Special Representative Eide urges Afghans to challenge violence against women
KABUL - UN Special Representative Kai Eide warned on Wednesday that violence against women in Afghanistan was not being faced up to within the community and said this was holding Afghanistan back. Eide, the top UN official in…
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UN envoy calls on donors to back Afghanistan’s own vision for a civilian ‘surge’
KABUL - UN envoy Kai Eide on Wednesday welcomed Afghan Government plans to tie a proposed ‘surge’ of civilian international experts to the country’s most pressing rebuilding needs. Eide, the Special Representative of the UN…
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Violence against Afghan women widespread and unpunished, finds UN report
KABUL - Violence against women, including rape, is widespread in Afghanistan, according to a new United Nations report, which details the extent of the problem against a backdrop of impunity and a failure by authorities to…
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Stolen Afghan artefacts return home
KABUL - More than seven thousand Afghan artefacts which were stolen and smuggled out of the country have returned home over the past two years. In 2007, more than 6,000 artefacts looted from Afghanistan’s ancient sites were…
New UNAMA radio show on air
10 July 2009 - The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan launches a new radio programme this Saturday. . “Afghanistan Today” is a joint production of UNAMA’s press office and the national broadcaster Radio…
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Women voice their election concerns in Bamyan
KABUL - As the election date approaches, debate among the people of central Afghanistan to choose the next president is gaining pace. At lunch break in Bamyan, villagers gather at the local restaurants to talk about the…
Afghanistan’s critical elections
13 July 2009 - With elections a little more that one month away and a major military offensive underway, the current situation in Afghanistan is the most complex we have experienced for many years. دری - پشتو However, if…
Modern technology reaches Afghan schools
13 July 2009 - Nearly 400 students at a school in the eastern province of Nangarhar are learning their lessons with new laptop computers. The classes for students in grades four to six are now fully computerized with each…
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Terrorism kills more Afghan civilians than any military action - UN mission
KABUL - The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) has spoken out against the use of suicide bombings and other terrorist activities, which it says kills more civilians than any other military action. The…
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Kabul International Film Festival returns to Afghanistan
KABUL - It might not quite be in the league of Cannes or even Sundance, but Kabul's International Documentary and Short Film Festival is set to create a flutter among the city's cinema-lovers. Starting 18 July, organizers…
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ECC briefs campaign staffers of 41 presidential candidates
KABUL - Bring us all your complaints about the electoral process directly – not through texts nor telephone calls. This was the advice given today by the Electoral Complains Commission (ECC) to the campaign managers and…