News (Consolidated) - UNSOM

KABUL - In a boost to Afghanistan’s economy, which slowed down considerably this year, the World Bank (WB) has approved $50 million in grants for a national project comprising a number of Afghan enterprises that seek to…

KABUL - The Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Afghanistan, Ján Kubiš, today met the Chairman of the Independent Election Commission of Afghanistan (IEC), Dr. Ahmad Yusuf Nuristani, to discuss preparations…

NEW YORK - The United Nations General Assembly adopted unanimously a resolution this week to create an international observance day to highlight the need for the protection of journalists around the world.“(The General…

KABUL - I have learned with deep regret of the death of nine Afghan aid workers in two separate attacks in recent days.On 26 November, three Afghans working for a village development project in southern Uruzgan Province were…

KABUL - United Nations agencies today joined Afghan health authorities at a ceremony in the capital, Kabul, to highlight the issue of HIV/AIDS and measures to control its infection rate in Afghanistan, where open discussion…

BADAKHSHAN - United Nations-supported local agricultural projects that encourage women to engage in collective farming are changing the lives of hundreds of women in the north-eastern Afghan province of Badakhshan, according…

KABUL - The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) welcomes the appointment of the Media Commission as another key step towards the holding of credible Presidential and Provincial Council elections in April…

HERAT - Some 40 persons with disabilities were provided an opportunity to express themselves through their paintings at a United Nations-supported festival, in Afghanistan’s western Herat province, marking the International…

KABUL - The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) today donated 12 vehicles to Afghanistan’s electoral bodies – the Independent Election Commission (IEC) and Independent Electoral Complaints Commission…

KABUL - The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) today donated 12 vehicles to the country’s Independent Election Commission (IEC) and Independent Electoral Complaints Commission (IECC).“At their request…

BAMYAN - Government departments in Afghanistan’s central Bamyan province highlighted their achievements and challenges faced while delivering services to the people, during a four-day United Nations-supported conference that…

KABUL - While challenges remain, Afghanistan is making progress in its political and security transitions, the United Nations Secretary-General’s Special Representative for Afghanistan, Ján Kubiš, told a North Atlantic Treaty…