News (Consolidated) - UNSOM

JALALABAD - In a recent UN-backed radio programme in Nuristan, civil society representatives debated with government officials the most effective ways to improve services for the residents of the eastern region. The radio programme, facilitated by the Jalalabad office of UN Assistance Mission in…

KABUL - Addressing residents of the Surobi district of Kabul province in a UN-backed radio discussion, government officials, women’s rights activists and a broad range of other community leaders emphasized the critical importance of institutionalizing the principles of peace at all levels of local…

KUNDUZ - In the northeast region of Afghanistan, the UN is working on an initiative to leverage the power of local radio and television to build support among communities for reducing conflict, fighting corruption and advancing peace. In an event this week, the Kunduz regional office of the UN…

PARWAN - To eliminate corruption from Afghanistan, young Afghans must play an active role, students from Parwan University said in a UN-backed radio programme that aired in the central province this week. The radio programme, supported by the central regional office of the UN Assistance Mission in…

KABUL - The UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) condemns today’s deadly Kabul suicide attack, which has occurred in the context of a countrywide intensification of violence impacting civilians. This morning’s attack comes amid commemorations of the 23 July 2016 Dehmazang square attack…

NEW YORK - The Secretary-General strongly condemns the horrifying bomb attack in Kabul today, responsibility for which was claimed by the Taliban. The deliberate targeting of civilians constitutes a grave violation of human rights and international humanitarian law and may constitute a war crime…

NEW YORK - The members of the Security Council condemned in the strongest terms the heinous and cowardly terrorist attack that took place in Kabul on 24 July 2017, which resulted in more than 70 people killed or injured, for which the Taliban has claimed responsibility. They expressed their deepest…

ASADABAD - To strengthen government services, accountability and transparency must be improved, said panellists at a UN-backed debate in the mostly rural and mountainous province of Kunar. The lively two-hour discussion by government officials, civil society representatives and other community…

BAMYAN - Raising awareness about women’s rights and gender-based violence is the aim of a new UN-backed social media campaign in the country’s central highlands provinces of Bamyan and Daikundi. Some 30 social media professionals, representing civil society organizations, women’s rights groups and…

KANDAHAR - In the southern region of Afghanistan, the UN is working on a new initiative to leverage the power of local radio to build support for peace among Kandahar’s communities. The new radio series, supported by the Kandahar regional office of the UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA)…

KABUL - The UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) condemns today’s suicide attack against the embassy of Iraq in Kabul. The attack, which occurred in a residential area of central Kabul, lasted around five hours and involved several armed men who killed two Afghan civilian employees inside…

NEW YORK - The members of the Security Council condemned in the strongest terms the terrorist attack against the Embassy of the Republic of Iraq in Kabul, Afghanistan, on 31 July, 2017, which resulted in the death of two Afghan civilian employees inside the Embassy and the injury of a police officer…