Hailing the end of Taliban rule in Afghanistan and the resulting progress in the country, members of the Security Council today decided that the sanctions it had imposed earlier against the group should be adjusted to conform to new realities.
Responding to media reports about acute food shortages in Afghanistan's Zarah District, the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) today announced that two of its staff members had travelled to the area to begin addressing the situation.
The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) today expressed concern again for the safety of its staff after shooting broke out in villages next to one of its camps in Pakistan, which left one person dead and two others injured.
The senior United Nations envoy in Afghanistan, Lakhdar Brahimi, today chaired the first-ever meeting bringing together officials of the Interim Administration and the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF).
As part of its continuing operations to provide emergency relief to Afghanistan while supporting the country’s rehabilitation, the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) today announced that its distribution of relief supplies in the northeast is designed to encourage girls to return to school.
As part of his ongoing efforts to help facilitate a political transition in Afghanistan, the United Nations chief envoy for the country, Lakhdar Brahimi, today held talks with the Afghan Minister for Foreign Affairs.
The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has opened its fourth office in Afghanistan in an effort to improve its capacity to monitor the movements of returning Afghans and distribute relief aid.
Lakhdar Brahimi, the senior United Nations envoy in Afghanistan, today continued his intensive consultations with various officials in Kabul in preparation for the next step in Afghanistan's political transition - a process that UN officials described as proceeding "apace."
Describing Afghan deminers as “real heroes,” the United Nations senior envoy for Afghanistan, Lakhdar Brahimi, visited Kabul airport today to take stock of mine actions activities in the area.
