News (Consolidated) - UNSOM

KABUL - In the north east of Afghanistan the Independent Election Commission has started the training for more than 19,000 staff for Election Day. They’ll be trained on the working procedures for the voting and the ballot…

KABUL - The UN Special Representative for Afghanistan Kai Eide visited US military detention facilities at Bagram this past week as part of ongoing efforts to examine conditions for detainees. The visit was part of a series…

15 August 2009 - The Electoral Complaints Commission has urged provincial council candidates and their agents to be vigilant on polling day on 20 August so as to avoid fraud and other irregularities. Addressing a gathering of…

KABUL - Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has strongly condemned Saturday morning's suicide car bombing in central Kabul that has reportedly killed at least seven people and injured dozens of others, days ahead of much…

16 August 2009 - The Independent Election Commission is continuing to roll out its training programmes across Afghanistan for the presidential and provincial council elections on 20 August. In the ancient city of Herat, forty…

17 August 2009 - One and a half hours north outside Afghanistan’s capital city of Kabul is the peaceful province of Parwan. There are 324,000 registered voters here for the forthcoming presidential and provincial council…

KABUL - UNAMA information for media representatives covering Afghanistan’s 2009 presidential and provincial council elections. UNAMA is operating a special elections news service this week with articles, photos, statements…

17 August 2009 - In a country where regime change has often been violent the appearance of incumbent President Hamid Karzai in a live televised debate must have come as a surprise to many Afghans. Last night the country tuned…

KABUL - Patience is probably the one thing the electorate will need on polling day, which is just three days away. Election officials say on average a person may take up to ten minutes to complete voting. A voter should first…

18 August 2009 - The candidate, clad in a simple salwar kameez, her head mostly hidden under a scarf, except for a tousle of thick black hair that deliberately manages to escape cover, enters a room filled with eager…

18 August 2009 - UNAMA has compiled a Media Kit for journalists reporting on the 2009 elections in Afghanistan. The kit features information on the UN, the Independent Election Commission, the Electoral Complaints Commission…

18 August 2009 - In Afghanistan voting at the local community level has paved the way for thousands of small scale development projects in recent years. The National Solidarity Program (NSP) was founded on the principles of…