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UNICEF in Afghanistan is delighted to announce the country’s first National Goodwill Ambassador, famed cricketer Raees Ahmadzai. A former captain of the successful 2009 and 2010 Afghan National Cricket teams, Mr. Ahmadzai’s work with UNICEF - on behalf of the children of Afghanistan - began several…

KABUL - Dressed in blue and white t-shirts with the UN Peace Day logo, cricket players from eight cricket teams in Kandahar went face-to-face to compete in a five-day T-20 cricket tournament supported by the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) as part of the International Day of…

BALKH - On the occasion of the International Day of Peace, the Peace Day committee in Mazar-e-Sharif launched a round table in the Balkh governor’s office, organized in collaboration with the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) Northern Region. Balkh Governor Ata Mohammad Noor…

Afghanistan has two World Heritage Sites recognised for their Outstanding Universal Value to humankind, the Minaret and Archaeological Remains of Jam in Ghor province and the Cultural Landscape and Archaeological Remains of the Bamiyan Valley. The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural…

KABUL - The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) is shocked and saddened by the death of Professor Burhanuddin Rabbani, former President of Afghanistan and Chairman of the High Peace Council, along with a number of his colleagues. English - Dari - Pashto Many have been injured…

KABUL -The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) has voiced shock and sadness after learning of the deaths earlier today of Burhanuddin Rabbani, the former president who has been spearheading recent peace and reconciliation efforts within the country, and several colleagues in an…

NEWYORK - I am deeply shocked by the death of Professor Burhanuddin Rabbani, former President of Afghanistan and Chairman of the High Peace Council in a bomb attack at his house in Kabul. I am saddened to hear that Minister Masoom Stanekzai, Head of the Joint Secretariat, has been injured, and other…

NEWYORK - Every year on the International Day of Peace, people around the world commit to non-violence… and to harmony among all peoples and nations. English - Dari - Pashto Peace is our mission; our day-to-day quest. This year’s theme focuses on the timely issue of peace and democracy. Democracy is…

KABUL – The Security Council strongly condemned yesterday’s terrorist attack in Afghanistan that claimed the life of former president Burhanuddin Rabbani and wounded several others. UN News Centre Mr. Rabbani – who was serving as Chairman of the High Peace Council in Afghanistan – was killed at his…

NEWYORK - Afghanistan is negotiating strategic partnerships with its international partners, including the United States and the European Union, to guarantee the country’s security, stability and economic development once international forces in the Asian nation leave in 2014, the country’s Foreign…

KABUL - Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today renewed the commitment of the United Nations to assist the people of Afghanistan during talks with the country’s Foreign Minister in New York. UN News Centre During their meeting on the margins of the 66th session of the General Assembly, Mr. Ban and…

NEWYORK - The United Nations envoy for Afghanistan today stressed the need to seize the window of opportunity for dialogue and reconciliation that exists, despite the recent killing of the former Afghan president who was spearheading peace efforts in the country. UN News Centre story “The road to…