Statement by the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General on the deaths of UNAMA staff members
18 August 2009 - The Secretary-General is deeply distressed by the news that two Afghan UN staff members were killed, and a third injured, in a suicide attack in Kabul earlier today, which reportedly killed seven people and…
Ban deplores deadly car bomb attack in Afghan capital
15 August 2009 - Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has strongly condemned Saturday morning's suicide car bombing in central Kabul that has reportedly killed at least seven people and injured dozens of others, days ahead of much…
Statement of SRSG Kai Eide on death of UNAMA staff members
18 August 2009 - I am shocked and greatly saddened to have learned that two of my staff members were among those killed in today’s suicide bombing on Kabul’s Jalalabad Road. پشتو و دری A third colleague has been wounded and…
Statement by the Spokesperson for the SRSG for Afghanistan, Kai Eide
28 July 2009 - Last night at approximately 10.30pm the United Nations compound in the western province of Herat came under attack by anti-government elements. Full statement in English - دری - پشتو
Security Council presidential statement stresses importance of Afghanistan elections
15 July 2009 - Welcoming the Afghan-led preparations for upcoming presidential and provincial council elections, the Security Council stressed this morning that it was important that they be free, fair, transparent, credible…
Statement by UNICEF Executive Director Ann M. Veneman on July 9 bomb attack in Afghanistan
KABUL - "On 9 July, an explosion in the vicinity of a school south of Kabul reportedly killed at least 25 people, including 15 children. This appalling incident follows other attacks in and around schools in Afghanistan that…
Infrastructure in Afghanistan should knit the region together to generate economic growth
KABUL - The Special Representative of the Secretary-General, Kai Eide, this week in a meeting of the G8 on Afghanistan in Trieste, Italy, stressed the need for investment in large infrastructure projects in Afghanistan. Dari…
Statement on the need for credible, inclusive and secure elections in Afghanistan
KABUL - Meeting in Trieste on 26 June 2009, the Afghanistan-Pakistan International Support Group recognized the fundamental role that the Afghan elections play in the continued strengthening of democracy in Afghanistan…
UN Humanitarian Coordinator Condemns attack on NGO staff and calls for security for aid workers
KABUL - The acting United Nations Humanitarian Coordinator in Afghanistan, Tekeste Tekie, today said he was shocked by the indiscriminate attack that took place yesterday in northern Afghanistan that took the lives of three…
Special Representative Kai Eide meets with Presidential candidates
14 June 2009 - The Special Representative of the UN Secretary General (SRSG), Kai Eide, has met with Presidential candidates Dr. Ashraf Ghani and Dr. Abdullah Abdullah in separate meetings to discuss the election process…
UN envoy calls on candidates to campaign with dignity and fairness
15 June 2009 - “I appeal to candidates to campaign with dignity and fairness. It is the shared responsibility of all candidates to ensure that these elections strengthen Afghanistan’s democratic institutions and people’s…
Special Representative Kai Eide on civilian casualties in Farah
KABUL - I am seriously concerned to learn about reports of civilian casualties and fighting in Farah province, western Afghanistan on Monday. Dari and Pashto Details of the incident remain unclear, including the number of…