Statement attributable to the UNAMA Spokesman Aleem Siddique
KABUL - This morning there have been coordinated insurgent attacks in several locations of Kabul city. While details remain unclear early reports indicate the involvement of numerous suicide bombers attacking Government…
Statement by Kai Eide, the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Afghanistan
KABUL - In the early morning of 27 December, ten Afghans were killed during a raid by Afghan and international military forces in Narang district of Kunar province. دری - پشتو Many details of the incident remain unclear…
Statement attributable to the UNAMA Spokesperson Dan McNorton
KABUL - When Kai Eide started this job he had a two-year horizon - as had his predecessors. Kai Eide has asked the United Nations Secretary-General to start the process to identify his successor. This is not a question of…
Statement Attributable to the Secretary-General of the United Nations, Ban Ki-moon on Afghanistan
KABUL - The proposal to host an international conference on Afghanistan on 28 January 2010 in London is a very timely initiative to allow for the holding of a high level dialogue on the post-electoral agenda in Afghanistan as…
Statement of United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
11 November 2009 - “More political will and less political exceptionalism” is required for the Security Council to be more effective in its critically important work of protecting civilians in situations of armed conflict…
Statement of the UN Secretary-General on the Afghan elections
KABUL - I welcome today’s decision by Afghanistan’s Independent Election Commission to forego a run-off vote and to declare Hamid Karzai as the winner of the 2009 presidential elections. I congratulate President Karzai. دری و…
Statement by the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Afghanistan, Kai Eide
KABUL - Dr Abdullah has decided today not to participate in the second round of Afghanistan’s presidential election. دری و پشتو This is clearly a decision he has taken after a long period of discussion and reflection. The…
Statement by the Secretary-General on the death of UN staff members in Kabul, Afghanistan
KABUL - I am deeply shocked and outraged by the cowardly attack on a guest house in central Kabul today, which killed five UN staff and injured a number of others. I condemn in the strongest possible terms the despicable and…
Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for Afghanistan Kai Eide
28 October 2009 - This is a very dark day for the UN in Afghanistan. I strongly condemn the attack this morning on a guest house here in Kabul, for which the Taliban has claimed responsibility. This brutal attack has cost the…
Statement by the President of the Security Council
KABUL - At the 6211th meeting of the Security Council, held on 29 October 2009, in connection with the Council’s consideration of the item entitled “The situation in Afghanistan”, the President of the Security Council made…
Statement by the Secretary-General on President Karzai's declaration on the electoral process
KABUL - I warmly welcome the statement today by H.E. President Hamid Karzai concerning the presidential elections in Afghanistan. He has made it clear that the constitutional process must be fully respected. This process is…
Statement attributable to the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General on the attack in Kabul
8 October 2009 - The Secretary-General strongly condemns the senseless attack that took place in Kabul today, in the vicinity of the Indian Embassy and the Afghan Ministry of the Interior, which reportedly killed 17…