Afghanistan

Many Afghan families were displaced when the Taliban advanced on Kabul.
© UNHCR/Yama Noori

UN health agency secures life-saving medical supplies to Afghanistan

30 August 2021
Humanitarian Aid

Lifesaving medical supplies reached Afghanistan by air on Monday, the first UN shipment to arrive since the Taliban takeover more than a week ago, as UN human rights experts called on the country's new rulers to live up to their promise to fully protect the rights of women and girls in the country.

Trucks from the UN's World Food Programme leave Kabul in May 2021 to deliver food to vulnerable communities.
© WFP/Arete/Andrew Quilty

Afghanistan women’s rights are ‘red line’, UN rights chief tells States

24 August 2021
Human Rights

UN rights chief Michelle Bachelet led calls on Tuesday for Afghanistan’s new Taliban leaders to respect the rights of all Afghans and warned that the treatment of women and girls is a “fundamental red line” that should not be crossed.

A mother and her child in the Haji camp for internally displaced people in Kandahar, Afghanistan.
© UNICEF Afghanistan

Afghanistan: UN chief urges Taliban to halt offensive immediately, negotiate ‘in good faith’

13 August 2021
Peace and Security

The UN Secretary-General on Friday called on Taliban militants to “immediately halt” their offensive against Government forces and return to the negotiating table in good faith, “in the interest of Afghanistan, and its people.”