News (Consolidated) - UNSOM

KABUL - On International Museum Day that is celebrated world-wide today, UNAMA brings you photographs of artefacts that were looted from Afghanistan, subsequently recovered, and now on display at the Kabul Museum.

18 May 2010 - “The country is so rich – put a shovel anywhere and you will come back with something!” “The country” is, of course, none other than Afghanistan – the crossroads for marauding conquerors from surrounding…

18 May 2010 - A suicide car bomber targetted international and Afghan security forces outside the Darulman Palace in Kabul this morning, reportedly killing 12 people and injuring 42. View Photos

18 May 2010 - The Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for Afghanistan condemns in the strongest possible terms the attack in Kabul today which reportedly killed tens of Afghan civilians, a number of…

KABUL - The top United Nations official in Afghanistan strongly condemned today’s deadly attack in the capital, Kabul, which claimed more than one dozen lives. According to media reports, the attack occurred during rush hour…

20 May 2010 - The Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General for Afghanistan, Staffan de Mistura, visited Kandahar today to assess the situation on the ground and meet with local leaders and authorities…

KANDAHAR - The United Nations is committed to having an active presence in the southern part of Afghanistan, despite the insecurity in the region, the top United Nations envoy to the country pledged today. “The UN has been…

21 May 2010 - Customs houses in eastern Afghanistan are making extraordinary progress in collecting revenues, far above the set target, thanks to new technologies put in place and the simplification of Customs procedures…

21 May 2010 - The International Organization for Migration (IOM) announced on Friday that it is going to build a major assembly hall in north-western Afghanistan with funding from the Norwegian government. UN Radio report The…

21 May 2010 - United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has for the first time in his report on Children and Armed Conflict, included a list of persistent violators for recruiting and using children. UN News Centre report…

KABUL - To promote the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC), which reached 20 years of age on 20 November 2009, UNICEF Afghanistan is launching a 30-minute radio series. The ‘Child’s Home Radio Magazine’, will be…