News (Consolidated) - UNSOM

NEW YORK - The number of civilians killed and injured in Afghanistan this year is the highest ever recorded by the UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA), said its head, Nicholas Haysom, at a press conference at UN headquarters in New York today. Mr. Haysom, who is also the Secretary-General’s…

JALALABAD - The United Nations agency responsible for promoting environmentally and socially sustainable cities and towns recently completed construction of several development projects, benefitting some 50,000 people in Afghanistan’s eastern regional hub of Jalalabad.“We are immensely happy that…

KABUL - An Afghan media watchdog today reported a 64 per cent increase in violence against journalists in 2014 and called for greater protection of media workers.“2014 was the worst year for journalists in Afghanistan,” the Director of Nai-Supporting Open Media in Afghanistan, Siddiqullah Tawhidi…

KABUL - The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) strongly condemns yesterday’s shelling that hit a wedding party in the southern province of Helmand killing as many as 25 civilians with a further 45 injured, according to preliminary information.Most of the killed and injured were…

PAKTYA - Afghan authorities and United Nations humanitarian agencies this week launched an assistance programme for people affected by this year’s harsh winter in the country’s south-eastern region.The joint government-UN aid effort, which includes the distribution of mainly non-food items, such as…

KABUL - The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) welcomes today’s nomination of Ministers and senior officials as an important milestone in implementing the agreement for a National Unity Government.“The spirit of respectful collaboration demonstrated by President Mohammad Ashraf…

KABUL - A United Nations-backed large-scale survey, conducted in the Afghan capital last year, has a broad range of findings which can be used to help improve the lives of citizens.The socio-demographic and economic survey, implemented by Afghanistan’s Central Statistics Office (CSO) in 2014 with…

KABUL - The top United Nations official in Afghanistan today said that Afghan leaders should incorporate people’s views and proposed solutions into all efforts aimed at stabilizing the country.“My firm conviction is that peace will come to those who clearly demand the conditions to allow its…

KABUL - The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) welcomes important progress made by civil society groups and the Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commission (AIHRC) in developing and promoting local road maps for peace.As part of the civil society-led Afghan People’s…

KABUL - The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) condemns yesterday’s killing of a family, as well as the driver of the taxi they were travelling in when the vehicle hit a pressure-plate improvised explosive device (PPIED) planted on a road in the eastern province of Nangarhar…

KABUL - A senior United Nations official in Afghanistan today called for greater investment in the country’s youth to ensure a stable future for the country. “This generation of young people presents a historic opportunity to invest in them and lead the country towards development, security and…

KABUL - Afghanistan’s United Nations-backed mine action programme, the world’s largest, said that it documented a record number of its personnel being killed or injured last year. In a news release, the Mine Action Programme of Afghanistan (MAPA) said 34 of its personnel were killed and 27 others…