United Nations staff were reporting alarming levels of violence in northern Afghanistan, according to a letter sent by the UN's chief envoy to the country, Lakhdar Brahimi, to the head of the new Afghan Transitional Administration.
The senior United Nations envoy for Afghanistan today pledged the world body's full support for the country's Transitional Government, which is being set up by the Loya Jirga grand council.
The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has announced that without fresh contributions, the agency will be forced to curtail its efforts to assist hundreds of thousands of Afghans returning to their country.
Following a closed-door briefing by a senior United Nations official on the latest developments in Afghanistan, members of the Security Council today urged States to donate funds to help meet the country's needs.
The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights has "warmly welcomed" today's signing in Kabul of a decree establishing the Afghan Independent Human Rights Commission.
The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has begun to transport Afghan asylum seekers in Kyrgyzstan back to their homes, the first of some 2,000 who had fled into Afghanistan's neighbouring country.
Facing a multi-million dollar funding gap for its work in Afghanistan, the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has been forced to cut back on its projects in the country.
