News (Consolidated) - UNSOM

KABUL - Providing children with access to education in remote and conflict-affected areas, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) recently completed 52 new community-based schools in Afghanistan’s southeastern province of Paktika. Bismillah Enayat, a UNICEF programme officer, says that 1,158…

PARWAN - Scheduled to be completed in 2015, Afghanistan’s first soymilk factory is under construction in Parwan province, north of Kabul. When finished, the factory, backed by the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) and a contribution of US12$ million from the Republic of Korea, will produce…

KABUL - Afghan students graphically depicted violence against women, including the negative physical, psychological and social effects, in a week-long drawing competition that culminated in a February awards ceremony attended by dozens of people in the north-eastern province of Kunduz. The United…

KANDAHAR - Fears about possible repercussions and a lack of awareness about their rights contributes to the relatively low reporting of violence against women in Kandahar province, according to legal experts and women’s rights activists at a UNAMA-supported workshop. The workshop in Afghanistan’s…

KABUL - In the last of a series of three meetings to examine the role of United Nations entities in Afghanistan, senior Government and UN officials, along with representatives from the international donor community, met in Kabul today. The Tripartite Review Commission was established following…

KABUL - Delegates from key donor states and organizations met in Kabul today at a high-level meeting to review Afghanistan’s reform vision and progress towards realizing self-reliance. Nicholas Haysom, the head of the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA), described the Senior…

KABUL - United Nations envoy Nicholas Haysom and Afghan Finance Minister Eklil Hakimi held a press conference with several ministers and key government officials to present the outcomes of the recent Senior Officials Meeting (SOM). The SOM brought together more than 60 governments, international…

GARDEZ - The restoration of peace is not only up to the government but is the responsibility of every Afghan citizen, according to participants at a UNAMA-supported meeting in Gardez. Around 100 people, including community elders, religious scholars, representatives of civil society, members of the…

KABUL - To help encourage debate on the critical role of women in developing peace and strengthening security in the country, UNAMA this week commenced a series of Afghan-wide events as part of the UN’s Global Open Days initiative. Open Days events are designed to raise awareness about the role of…

YAKAWLANG - Illiteracy and poverty are impeding women victims of violence from registering cases against their perpetrators in the justice system, underscored participants at a UNAMA-backed event in Afghanistan’s central province of Bamyan. The event, held in Bamyan’s Yakawlang district in the west…

NEW YORK - The latest quarterly report on the situation in Afghanistan and the activities of the United Nations in the country is available. Read it here.

SHARANA - Top religious scholars, tribal elders and civil society representatives in Afghanistan’s southeastern province of Paktika called on Afghans to accelerate efforts toward sustainable peace. The call came at an event organized by the regional office of United Nations Assistance Mission in…