Senior United Nations officials today pledged their agencies' support in rebuilding Afghanistan as a donor conference focusing on the immediate and longer-term needs of the country opened today in Berlin.
The United Nations-sponsored talks on Afghanistan in Bonn made a significant move forward today as delegates from four Afghan factions agreed to a final draft document early this morning, according to a UN spokesman.
The United Nations today reported four recent demining casualties resulting from ongoing efforts to rid Kabul of the deadly threat posed by unexploded ordnance.
Apparently close to agreement on a political transition for Afghanistan, four Afghan factions meeting at United Nations-sponsored talks in Bonn are studying translations of a proposed text before adopting it, a UN spokesman said today.
In a sign of the drastically altered social landscape in Afghanistan, the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) today announced that it would employ a record number of women to survey food needs in Kabul as part of a major distribution effort for the city.
Insecurity prevailing in the northern Afghan city of Mazar-i-Sharif is hampering the ability of the United Nations to transport food to key regions, a UN spokesman said today.
