News (Consolidated) - UNSOM

KABUL - Eight years after the end of Taliban rule, women in Afghanistan still continue to face injustice and are often punished for "moral crimes."

17 December 2009 - Download UNAMA's review of the week in stories and photos. UNAMA NEWS - UNAMA PHOTOS

KABUL - The potential export value of Afghanistan’s opium has dropped 18 per cent this year, the United Nations anti-drug body reported today, but it cautioned that further progress hinges on rooting out corruption in the South Asian nation. According to the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), the…

KABUL - Afghanistan's road system, damaged by decades of war and a serious impediment to economic growth, faces reconstruction and rehabilitation.

KABUL - Afghanistan 's fiercely cold winter, the raging insecurity and funding shortfalls are having a major impact on the health of millions of people in this war-ravaged country.

21 December 2009 - The United Nations has warned that despite the enormous efforts underway to deliver food and aid this winter, the adverse security situation continues to complicate efforts to reach Afghanistan's most vulnerable people. "The deteriorating security situation is causing grave…

KABUL - Transcript of press conference in Kabul by Mr Wael Haj-Ibrahim, Representative of UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) in Afghanistan and UNAMA's Spokesperson Aleem Siddique. OCHA: It’s a real privilege to be here to present the collective efforts of the humanitarian…

22 December 2009 - The provincial government in Bamyan has launched a campaign to make the province 100 per cent literate. This campaign aims to eradicate illiteracy from Bamyan and declare it an illiteracy free province in the next five years. Dr Habiba Sarabi, the Governor of Bamyan province has…

KABUL - As the year draws to a close UNAMA reviews the year in Afghanistan with a series of articles looking back on the twelve months of 2009. Of the seven years that the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) has been in existence, 2009 would probably qualify as the most…

22 December 2009 - It has been eight years since the inauguration of the Afghan Interim Authority (AIA) created by a group of Afghan leaders who – under the auspices of the United Nations – drew up plans in Bonn, Germany on how Afghanistan should be governed. Eight years ago today on 22 December…

KABUL - The Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General for Afghanistan, Kai Eide, began the year urging strong support for agriculture and big infrastructure in Afghanistan. At a media conference in Kabul on 13 January, Mr Eide, alongside the Minister of Agriculture Muhammad Asif…

KABUL - In 2009, 6.8 million children were enrolled in schools of grade 1 to 12, among them, 2.5 million girls. Download the UNICEF Factsheet For UNICEF 2009 was an extension of its preceding Country Programme 2006-2008. In line with national priorities outlined in the Afghanistan National…