UN helps increase health services in Bamyan’s remotest districts
11 Oct 2010 - United Nations health agency World Health Organization (WHO) pledged to continue working with the Government so as to reach remote populations with increased health services in the under-resourced province of Bamyan in central Afghanistan. A delegation of WHO staff, led by WHO Country…
Afghan cricket team trains enthusiasts in Jalalabad
13 October 2010 - About 130 cricket-frenzied girls in Afghanistan’s eastern Nangarhar province gathered on Monday in Jalalabad to play a UN-funded cricket match, something unthinkable for girls until recent years in this part of the country. The schoolgirls and another 200 boys spent three days in…
Midwives save lives in Badakhshan
13 October 2010 - Twenty-three trained midwives graduated on Monday from the Badakshan Community Midwifery Education School, at a ceremony that was attended by Government health officials and donor agencies’ representatives. This is the fourth batch of students to complete the 18-month long course…
Security Council extends ISAF mandate in Afghanistan
13 October 2010 - The Security Council today extended the mission of the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) in Afghanistan for another year, calling on Governments to increase its current strength of 120,000 troops to counter growing terrorism by the Taliban and Al-Qaida. Resolution text…
UN-supported school brings smiles in eastern Afghanistan
14 October 2010 - The locals and their children were all smiles on Tuesday as senior United Nations officials reached a small village in eastern Afghanistan called Nala Bidak, an arid desert until a few years back. The occasion was to inaugurate the only school in the village that the UN Children’s…
UNAMA's review of the week - photos and stories
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13 million Afghans at risk of contracting Leishmaniasis - WHO
14 October 2010 - The World Health Organization (WHO) today launched its first global report on neglected tropical diseases. In light of an ongoing Leishmaniasis outbreak in Herat, Afghanistan, WHO along with the Ministry of Public Health and the Afghan Red Crescent Society used this opportunity to…
Making hand washing a priority for more than just a day: Clean hands save lives
15 October 2010 (Kabul, AFGHANISTAN) - On the third annual Global Hand-washing Day, more than seven million schoolchildren, parents, teachers and government officials around Afghanistan will lather up, and at the end of the day, they should have more than just clean hands. This year the theme of…
Income from Kandahar airport increases to US$ 100,000
14 October 2010 - The income generated from Kandahar airport has increased from US$ 59,000 to US$ 100,000 in the last two months, said Kandahar airport officials. Kandahar’s Deputy Governor, Eng. Latif Ashna, at a press conference said, “airports around the world play a significant role in the…
Asphalting of 103-km stretch of Keshim-Faizabad Road brings economic growth to Badakhshan
18 October 2010 - The asphalting of 103 kilometres of the Keshim-Faizabad Road in Badakhshan has brought prosperity and happiness to residents as it has improved access to medical care, education and the local markets of this remote north-eastern province. This road-improvement project of the United…
UNAMA's review of the week - photos and stories
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Statement by the United Nations Special Representative of the Secretary-General, Staffan de Mistura
23 October 2010 - The United Nations in Afghanistan condemns in the strongest terms the attack which took place today at 11:58 a.m. against the United Nations operations centre in Herat, in the west of Afghanistan. The attack did not disrupt the United Nations activities and no United Nations…