News (Consolidated) - UNSOM

9 February 2010 - Five days into their journey on a completely different path, former members of the Taliban who renounced violence last week to join a peace initiative of the Government said they are looking forward to an…

9 February 2010 - Thousands of families in Helmand have been forced to abandon their homes due to the ongoing conflict and war in the area. These internally displaced people (IDPs) have since been living in abject conditions…

KABUL - In a report issued today, the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) projects a stable opium crop in Afghanistan in 2010. Afghanistan Opium Winter Rapid Assessment 2010 The UNODC Winter Rapid Assessment 2010…

11 February 2010 - The recent torrential rains and floods have inflicted heavy losses to humans and to property in Kandahar, Helmand and Uruzgan. This is the heaviest rain seen in the area for half a century and has affected…

KABUL - A new report by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) has found that politically and ideologically motivated attacks against teachers, students and schools are on the rise…

12 February 2010 - As the issue of national reconciliation and reintegration is gaining momentum both in Afghanistan and abroad, leading religious scholars in eastern Afghanistan have stressed that the process should be led…

KABUL - Some 2.8 million children under five years old in southern, south-eastern, western and eastern Afghanistan will be targeted by a new three-day polio eradication drive to be launched today. English - Dari The…

QARABAGH - Barely an hour away from the bustle of Kabul and the miasma of Afghan politics, change is taking place, albeit slowly, in Qarabagh, the second largest district of Kabul province. At a time when political…

14 February 2010 - The United Nations and the humanitarian community call for respect of humanitarian personnel and humanitarian aid as increasing numbers of displaced people arrive in Lashkar Gah. UN report - OCHA press…

15 February 2010 - The recent torrential flooding in the western region resulted in the death of at least 14 people and destroyed many residential facilities. In a joint effort, the United Nations provided food and non-food…