News (Consolidated) - UNSOM

URUZGAN - On Sunday, hundreds of protestors forcibly closed a voter registration centre in the Gizab district of central Uruzgan province. Up to 600 demonstrators took to the streets in the district at 9am, chanting slogans against the Independent Election Commission's (IEC) that criticized the…

FAIZABAD - The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) is a special political mission which has two main areas of activities: political affairs and development and humanitarian issues, which each fall under the responsibility of a Deputy Special Representative of the Secretary…

BAMYAN - Authorities in Bamyan province announced the detention of a local attorney on bribery charges. The Deputy Governor of Bamyan, Asif Mubaligh, told media that the prosecuting attorney responsible for cases of violence against women in the provincial attorney’s office was detained by security…

KABUL - The number of Afghan civilians killed or injured in the first six months of 2013 rose by 23 per cent compared to the same period last year, according to the latest Mid-Year Report on the Protection of Civilians in Armed Conflict in Afghanistan, produced by the United Nations Assistance…

KABUL - Below is the near verbatim transcript of the press conference given on the occasion of the launch of the Mid-Year Report on the Protection of Civilians in Armed Conflict in Afghanistan. PRESS CONFERENCE TRANSCRIPT Release of UNAMA’s Mid-Year Report on the Protection of Civilians in Armed…

KUNAR - Despite his limited resources, the newly appointed provincial governor of Kunar, Shuja-ul-Mulk Jalala, intends to implement his working plan. That was the message he conveyed in a meeting with the Head of the eastern regional office of UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA), Heran Song…

KABUL - Concerns about women's rights in Afghanistan are growing and risk being ignored, according to a comprehensive recently-released report by the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW). The report says that the rights and opportunities of Afghan women have grown…

KABUL - The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) welcomes the timely appointment of the members of the new Independent Election Commission (IEC), followed by the expeditious election of its Chairperson, Deputy Chairperson and Secretary. UNAMA congratulates the new commissioners…

HERAT - The Afghanistan Chamber of Commerce and Industries (ACCI) have expressed concern over the viability of factories located at Herat’s industrial park as concerns mount over long delays in granting work visas for skilled foreign workers. ACCI Deputy Chairman Khan Jan Alokozai alleged that…

KABUL - The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) strongly condemns the suicide attack which took place yesterday in front of the Indian consulate in Jalalabad, the capital of the eastern province of Nangarhar, killing nine civilians and injuring another 23. Most of the victims…

KABUL - The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) strongly condemned today a suicide attack which took place on Saturday in front of the Indian consulate in Jalalabad, the capital of the eastern province of Nangarhar, killing nine civilians and injuring another 23. According to…

KABUL - Efforts to improve the literacy of Afghanistan’s female police officers through a mobile phone-based application are showing signs of success, according to an evaluation of the pilot programme which is supported by the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA). The evaluation…