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Demining engineer of the Mine Action Programme of Afghanistan clears an anti-personnel landmine.

Landmines do not recognise peace, says UN agency at launch of $296 million appeal

28 February 2015

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Women and children on their way to a winter-time wedding ceremony in Bamiyan, Afghanistan.

UN chief ‘deeply saddened’ by loss of life in Afghanistan avalanches

26 February 2015

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UNAMA Human Rights Director, Georgette Gagnon (left), and Special Representative Nicholas Haysom.

New UN report urges push to end problem of torture in Afghan detention facilities

25 February 2015

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Georgette Gagnon at UNAMA press conference.

Afghanistan needs to do more to end torture, says UN report

25 February 2015

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Ján Kubiš.

Ban taps veteran diplomat Kubiš to head up UN Iraq mission

24 February 2015

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Agnès Marcaillou.

Landmines do not recognise peace, says UN agency

19 February 2015

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At a Kabul press conference on 18 February, senior UN officials discussed the latest UN report on conflict-related civilian deaths and injuries.

Nearly 4000 Afghan civilians killed in 2014

18 February 2015

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Increased ground engagements between parties to the armed conflict in Afghanistan are behind a 22 per cent rise in conflict-related deaths and injuries of Afghan civilians in 2014, the UNAMA said on the release of its 2014 Annual Report on Protection of Civilians in Armed Conflict.

In Afghanistan’s deadliest year, civilian casualties top 10,000 in 2014 – UN

18 February 2015

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This child soldier, demobilized in South Sudan in 2015, has never been to school and he really wants to go to school now.

On International Day, UN demands end to use of child soldiers in conflict

12 February 2015

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School in Kabul.

Over 9 million Afghan children in rural, conflict-prone areas attend school

9 February 2015

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