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KABUL - The UN Security Council is scheduled to hold a session on Afghanistan tomorrow 10 March, at 15:00 hours New York local time (23:30 hours Kabul local) and can be followed at http://webtv.un.org The session will also be available as a viewable video clip on UN Web TV a few hours after the…

KABUL – An art and photography exhibition featuring works by Afghan women was displayed at Kabul’s National Art Gallery, celebrating their contributions to society. Titled The Power of Creation, a specially curated part of the exhibition ran at the National Art Gallery from February 24 to March 2…

NEW YORK - The UN Secretary-General’s Special Representative for Afghanistan, Roza Otunbayeva, today briefed the Security Council on the situation in Afghanistan. Read the full text of the Security Council briefing by SRSG Roza Otunbayeva Read full text of the Secretary-General's Report on…

NEW YORK - The following is the transcript of the briefing by the Secretary-General’s Special Representative for Afghanistan, Roza Otunbayeva, to the Security Council on the situation in Afghanistan today. Briefing to the United Nations Security Council by the Secretary-General’s Special…

UNAMA expresses its deep disappointment that for the fourth consecutive year, Afghanistan’s de facto authorities have again denied access to secondary education for girls, a step that will only compound Afghanistan’s human rights, humanitarian, and economic crises. “The new school year has started…

ISTANBUL - The United Nations in Afghanistan is urging the international donor community to maintain critical support for the Afghan people, 22.9 million of whom are in need of assistance in 2025. The appeal for the country, which is the world’s second-largest humanitarian crisis today, comes ahead…

KABUL - The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) on Thursday released a report on the impact, implementation and enforcement of the “law on the pr opagatio n of virtue and prevention of vice”, or “PVPV law”, by Afghanistan’s de facto authorities. The report, covering a six-month…

KABUL - On World Press Freedom Day, the United Nations in Afghanistan expresses its solidarity with the country’s media sector, where challenges including de facto authority restrictions and economic constraints are threatening public access to essential information. “World Press Freedom Day stands…

NEW YORK - The latest quarterly report by UN Secretary-General António Guterres on the situation in Afghanistan and the activities of the United Nations in the country is now available. Read the full report by the Secretary-General here: The situation in Afghanistan and its implications for…

NEW YORK - The UN Secretary-General’s Special Representative for Afghanistan, Roza Otunbayeva, today briefed the Security Council on the situation in Afghanistan. Read the full text of the Security Council briefing by SRSG Roza Otunbayeva Read full text of the Secretary-General's Report on…

DOHA - Meetings of Working Groups on Afghanistan’s private sector and counter-narcotics, convened by the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA), opened in Doha, Qatar on Monday. The technical Working Groups were established as a follow-up to the third Meeting of Special Envoys held…

KABUL- Afghanistan is facing a deepening humanitarian crisis as over one million Afghans have returned this year to a country already strained by climate shocks and limited basic services. The United Nations warns that current humanitarian assistance reaches only a fraction of those in need. “Every…