Bamyan World Heritage sites declared mine free
29 September 2009 - The Mine Action Programme of Afghanistan has declared the four remaining Suspected Hazardous Areas in important archaeological areas of the World Heritage site in Bamyan free from mines and other Explosive…
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Coming weeks critical for Afghanistan’s future, top UN envoy says
KABUL - The next several weeks will be critical for the future of Afghanistan, which is awaiting the final outcome of last month’s presidential election and the formation of a new government, the top United Nations envoy to…
Special Representative's speech to the UN Security Council
30 September 2009 - The UN's top envoy in Afghanistan has delivered his latest briefing to the United Nations Security Council. Download full speech pdf
Statement by the Deputy Special Representative for Afghanistan, Robert Watkins
30 September 2009 - I was dismayed to learn of yet another roadside blast yesterday in Maywand District, in Kandahar province. پشتو و دری The explosion resulted in the death of a high number of civilians, including women and…
Senior UN envoy appeals for end to brutal attacks in Afghanistan
30 September 2009 - A senior United Nations official in Afghanistan has appealed for an end to brutal attacks such as the one that killed a large number of civilians in Kandahar province, the fourth incident of its kind in as…
Drawing and poetry contests for peace in Taloqan
1 October 2009 - Students in Takhar province have been calling for peace though a poetry and drawing competition. More than fifty provincial authorities, teachers and students, civil society representatives and media attended…
Latest UNAMA Radio programme
3 October 2009 - The latest weekly programme produced in Dari and Pashto by UNAMA Radio is now online to listen to. The show - "Afghanistan Today" - is broadcast every Saturday morning on Radio Afghanistan. All UNAMA Radio…
IEC, ECC begin audit process in Afghan presidential election
5 October 2009 - The auditing of 358 suspicious ballot boxes from Afghanistan’s 20 August presidential elections began today. The Independent Election Commission (IEC), with oversight by the Electoral Complaints Commission…
Kabul Museum displays rescued treasures
7 October 2009 - The Kabul Museum is celebrating a new exhibition which showcases thousands of years of Afghanistan’s archaeological history. One of the main attractions of the items on public display is that the collection…
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Audit process moving fast in Afghan presidential election
KABUL - Just over a hundred ballot boxes, containing presidential votes, remain to be examined in the audit process currently being conducted by the Independent Election Commission (IEC) and the Electoral Complaints…
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Senior UN officials deny accusations of favouritism in Afghan presidential polls
KABUL - The top United Nations envoy to Afghanistan has only ever sided with electoral institutions in the country’s recent presidential ballot, and never with any of the candidates, UN officials said today as they refuted…
Statement by the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Afghanistan, Kai Eide
8 October 2009 - I strongly condemn the suicide attack near the Indian Embassy in Kabul this morning, which is the fifth such explosion in the capital since August. I express my sincere condolences to the families of the…