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KABUL - UNAMA condemns two improvised explosive device (IED) detonations on civilian vehicles in recent days that killed 19 civilians in Helmand and Badghis provinces. Both devices used victim-activated pressure plate triggers that are both illegal and indiscriminate. In the first incident, on 29…

NEW YORK - Tadamichi Yamamoto, the UN Secretary-General’s Special Representative for Afghanistan, was recently interviewed by the UN News Centre. The following is the full UN News Centre article, which includes a question and answer style interview with Mr. Yamamoto. From a decades-long conflict…

KABUL - The UN Secretary-General, Ban Ki-moon will join President of Afghanistan, Ashraf Ghani and EU President Donald Tusk to open the Brussels Conference on Afghanistan tomorrow. Representatives of more than 70 countries, and 20 international organizations and agencies will take part in the high…

BRUSSELS - The following are remarks by the UN Secretary-General, Ban Ki-moon, at the opening session of the Brussels Conference on Afghanistan. Your Excellency Mr. Donald Tusk, President of the European Council, Your Excellency Mr. John Kerry, United States Secretary of State, Your Excellency Mr…

BRUSSELS – UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has been awarded Afghanistan’s highest civilian honor. President Ashraf Ghani presented Mr. Ban with the State Order of Ghazi Amir Amanullah Khan, yesterday in Brussels. The medal is bestowed by the Afghan Government to Afghan nationals and non-Afghans in…

FAIZABAD - Raising awareness and confidence in the Afghan legal system is the aim of a series of 12 UNAMA-backed events that kicked off in north-east Badakhshan province recently. The first event in the ‘In the Light of Law’ series involved around 30 participants discussing the Afghan Constitution…

KANDAHAR – Youth have an important part to play in peace, which is a prerequisite for community development and prosperity, according to panelists at a UN-backed television debate in southern Kandahar province. An audience of around 100 people -- representing mainly youth, tribal leaders and Ullamas…

KABUL - The UN Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) condemns last night’s attack at the Karte Shakhi mosque and shrine in Kabul that killed at least 18 civilians and injured more than 50 others. An attacker wearing an Afghan security forces uniform entered the Shia mosque as civilians congregated on the…

KABUL - The UN Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) condemns this afternoon’s attack at a mosque in the northern province of Balkh that killed at least 10 civilians and injured more than 36. The attack was the second carried out within 24 hours in Afghanistan as worshipers have congregated to mark the…

HERAT - Identifying effective ways to move forward in the fight against corruption was the focus of a UNAMA-backed anti-corruption forum in the provincial capital of western Herat province. Around 30 people took part in the one-day event, representing key government departments and civil society…

MAZAR-E-SHARIF - The importance of raising awareness about citizens’ rights, including how the legal system works, was the subject of a UNAMA-supported TV debate in northern Balkh province. A panel of judicial officials discussed topics including the rights of a person when arrested by the police…

KABUL – The fundamental human rights of all Afghans must be respected, including the rights of religious and ethnic communities, said UNAMA in a Human Rights special report released today on the 23 July 2016 attack in Kabul that killed 85 civilians and injured more than four hundred. The report…