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In Kabul, Afghanistan, school children hold hands and take advantage of the last few moments of sunlight to finish their game.

Ending war only ‘real hope’ for prosperous Afghanistan: UN mission chief

26 December 2019
Peace and Security
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Tadamichi Yamamoto, Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA), briefs the Security Council meeting on the situation in Afghanistan.

Peace will be ‘paramount’ issue for incoming Afghan Government: UN mission chief

16 December 2019
Peace and Security
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Secretary-General António Guterres addresses participants at the United Nations and the Shanghai Cooperation Organization: Cooperation to Promote Peace, Security and Stability event.

UN strengthens ties with Eurasia regional body to tackle terrorism and crime

19 November 2019
Peace and Security
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In Afghanistan, despite favourable growing conditions for crops, many people are not getting enough to eat.

One-third of Afghans need urgent humanitarian aid, millions suffer ‘acute food insecurity’

18 November 2019
Humanitarian Aid
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Hamdullah Mohib, Chair of Delegation of Afghanistan, addresses the 74th session of the United Nations General Assembly’s General Debate. (30 September 2019)

Millions of Afghans have ‘voted not just for a president, but also for democracy’, UN Assembly told

30 September 2019
UN Affairs
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Men vote in the presidential election at a polling station at Zarghoona Girls High School in Kabul.

Guterres welcomes conduct of Afghan elections, commends ‘all who braved security concerns’

29 September 2019
Peace and Security
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The scene at the Shahr-e-Dubai Wedding Hall in West Kabul on 18 August 2019, where approximately 1,000 people were gathered the night before for a wedding ceremony, when a suicide attacker detonated explosives, killing and injuring scores of civilians.

Afghanistan bloodshed mars 100 years of independence

19 August 2019
Peace and Security
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A funeral takes place for a Tolo news agency journalist killed in an attack on 5 September 2018 outside a sports centre in Kabul, Afghanistan.

‘Answer the call of Afghans’ to reduce impact of conflict, UN urges all parties amid increase in civilian airstrike deaths

30 July 2019
Peace and Security
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Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed (left) and Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka (right), Executive Director of UN Women, visit a camp for internally displaced people (IDPs) in Kabul, Afghanistan. (21 July 2019)

Inclusive peace in Afghanistan means ‘women at the centre’ urges UN deputy chief in Kabul

21 July 2019
Peace and Security
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Hundreds of voters in line outside the Sayed Jamaludin Afghan polling center in Ayno Mena, Kandahar for the Afghanistan parliametary elections. 27 October 2018.

Civilians ‘must never be a target,’ says UN in Afghanistan, amid troubling number of casualties during Ramadan

10 June 2019
Peace and Security
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