Afghan

Afghan government invites UN expert on violence against women to visit

7 July 2005
The United Nations expert on violence against women is to begin a 10-day fact-finding mission to Afghanistan this weekend at the invitation of the Government of a country where women’s rights were seriously restricted under the Taliban regime ousted four years ago.

UN-backed generic medicines factory being set up in Afghanistan

5 July 2005
A project, co-sponsored by United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), got under way in Afghanistan today with the arrival in Kabul of donated production machinery for the country's first-ever generic medicine factory, which will eventually produce 300 million to 400 million tablets of safe, urgently needed analgesics and antibiotics for local use.

UN agency rushes food aid to flood-afflicted families in Afghanistan

1 July 2005
The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) is rushing aid to some 1,400 Afghan families affected by flooding that has devastated housing and vital agricultural lands in various parts of the country.

UN completes registration for return of Afghans in troubled Northern Pakistan

1 July 2005
The United Nations refugee agency has completed registering some 27,000 Afghans wishing to return home from Pakistan following the closure of camps in troubled North Waziristan, where clashes between Pakistani military and rebel tribesman linked to fighting in their home country have made it impossible to assist them.

Afghanistan: UN-backed disarmament programme officially ends

30 June 2005
The disarmament and demobilization phases of Afghanistan’s disarmament, demobilization and reintegration programme (DDR), a key United Nations-backed step in setting the country on the road to stability after decades of war and factional fighting, formally ended today with more than 61,000 former combatants disarmed.
Jean Arnault

Condemning rising violence in Afghanistan, UN envoy urges coordinated response

26 June 2005
With violence in Afghanistan on the rise, the senior United Nations envoy to the country is calling for cooperation between the authorities, international forces and Pakistan's Government to stem the bloodshed and provide hope for lasting stability.
Arnaut addressing the Security Council

Afghanistan: ongoing violence threatens preparations for elections – Security Council told

24 June 2005
The ongoing insecurity and re-emergence of violence affecting preparations for Afghanistan’s upcoming elections was being made worse by rampant corruption and fallout from the country’s thriving drug trade, senior United Nations officials told the Security Council today.

UN condemns attack against convoy of election workers in Afghanistan

23 June 2005
The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) today condemned this week's attack against a convoy transporting election materials in Kandahar province that resulted in the death of one person and the wounding of another.

UN mission in Afghanistan welcomes handing up of weapons by electoral candidates

21 June 2005
The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) has welcomed the news that several candidates are handing up their weapons so as to qualify under electoral law to run for seats in the lower house of the National Assembly, called the Wolesi Jirga, and in the provincial councils.

Consolidation of Afghan refugee camps in Pakistan accelerates – UN

21 June 2005
The United Nations refugee agency and the Government of Pakistan are stepping up efforts to consolidate Afghan refugee camps in the country, announcing that two camps in Balochistan province will close in addition to those in the troubled tribal belt already scheduled for closure.