News (Consolidated) - UNSOM

KABUL - The United Nations and its partners launched the Humanitarian Action Plan (HAP) for Afghanistan in February and appealed for US$ 604 million to help meet the needs of Afghans made vulnerable by natural disasters, lack of access to basic social services, increasing food insecurity and the…

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KABUL - The United Nations celebrated International Women’s Day on 8 March in Afghanistan. Speaking at a function to mark the occasion, the Special Representative of the Secretary-General Kai Eide urged more women to be appointed to senior positions in the country and for leaders to speak out in…

KABUL - The United Nations called on President Karzai to abolish the controversial family law applying to the country’s minority Shi’a community. “I want to take this opportunity again, the laws which were taken in Afghanistan, I would urge again that the President of Afghanistan should abolish…

KABUL - Various United Nations agencies and their partners began assisting thousands of victims of the flash floods that ravaged five provinces of Afghanistan in April and May. Among the Agencies providing emergency food assistance was the World Food Programme (WFP), which delivered food rations to…

28 December 2009 - The World Food Programme said it was deeply distressed to learn that one of its staff members was amongst the innocent victims of the suicide bombing in the southern city of Kandahar on Thursday 24 December. The remains of the slain WFP security guard were identified by a relative…

KABUL - The first community based demining project to be undertaken in Khost province was launched in Tanai district this month. Full Report 13 community demining teams were hired, providing employment for 217 people in impacted communities. They will be supported by one Mechanical Demining Unit. A…

KABUL - The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) today expressed its deep distress over the killing of one of its staff members in a suicide bomb attack in the city of Kandahar in southern Afghanistan. The WFP employee, 24, was among the eight people killed when a suicide bomber detonated…

KABUL - Campaigning for the presidential and provincial polls kicked off on 16 June 2009, with 41 presidential hopefuls and over 3,000 provincial candidates competing for the 20 August elections. On the eve of the campaign, the top United Nations official in Afghanistan, Kai Eide, stressed the need…

KABUL - The number of Afghan refugees trickling home from Iran and Pakistan plummeted this year, with the United Nations refugee agency pinning the blame for the low number of returns on insecurity, limited economic opportunities and political insecurity in the wake of August’s national polls…

KABUL - July was election-preparation month for Afghanistan, with UN envoy Kai Eide calling for a stop to the interference by officials in the electoral process, and urging Afghans to participate in the upcoming 20 August elections. The UN Security Council stressed the need for free, fair and secure…

KABUL - Afghanistan has made strides in repairing its health infrastructure which was completely destroyed following years of war. Since 2001, NGOs and UN agencies like the World Health Organization have been working with the authorities to build up primary health care services.