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Afghan women walk to Kishm in rural Badakshan.

Afghanistan: Dedicated support required for ‘bigger year’ ahead

17 December 2020
Peace and Security
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Afghanistan’s justice system is continuing to fail female victims of violence and sex crimes.

Improved Afghan law still fails victims of sex crimes and violence against women, UN report finds

7 December 2020
Human Rights
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Women impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic wait to receive cash assistance from the World Food Programme in Kabul, Afghanistan.

Afghanistan: UN’s Grandi and Bachelet put plea for lasting ceasefire top of their wishlist

23 November 2020
Peace and Security
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Kabul, the centre of Afghanistan's political and social life (file photo).

Afghanistan: UN chief underscores need to end violence following deadly rocket attacks

21 November 2020
Peace and Security
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A view across Kabul University in the capital of Afghanistan.

Second recent attack on Kabul school draws Guterres’ strong condemnation

2 November 2020
Peace and Security
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The dome of a Mosque in Pakistan as the sun rises.

Pakistan: Schools ‘must never be targeted’, UNICEF says after deadly blast

27 October 2020
Peace and Security
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A family runs across a dusty street in Herat, Afghanistan. (file)

Afghanistan: UN Mission voices ‘deep revulsion’ over deadly bomb attack on Kabul college

25 October 2020
Peace and Security
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The landscape in southern Afghanistan, as seen from an aircraft, in November 2019.

Thousands displaced by fighting in southern Afghanistan

14 October 2020
Humanitarian Aid
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UN Secretary-General António Guterres.

UN condemns deadly suicide attack in eastern Afghanistan

5 October 2020
Peace and Security
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The 100th anniversary of Afghanistan’s Independence was celebrated in Kandahar and across the country in August 2019 with hundreds of people taking to the streets with Afghan flags.

Historic Afghan talks present ‘major opportunity’ for peace: UN Secretary-General

12 September 2020
Peace and Security
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