Afghan

Relief workers unload food aid

UN agencies rush food, other aid to flood-devastated region of Afghanistan

20 June 2005
United Nations agencies are rushing emergency food and other aid to nearly 9,000 people in Afghanistan’s north-eastern province of Badakshan after a hailstorm and heavy flooding devastated the area, killing some 30 people, injuring 40 others and destroying more than 1,000 homes.

Sixty-year conflict ends with UN-brokered peace between two Afghan tribes

20 June 2005
A conflict which has raged between neighbouring tribes in eastern Afghanistan for six decades, resulting in 60 deaths in the last year alone, has been resolved through the mediation of the United Nations mission in the country, a mission spokesman said today.
Afghan refugee camps in Pakistan

UN prepares Afghans to return from Pakistan’s troubled border area

14 June 2005
The United Nations refugee agency is set to begin issuing repatriation documents to Afghans in refugee camps in a Pakistani border area, following a registration process that showed an overwhelming majority of the residents there wish to return to their homeland.

Afghan Government begins disbanding of illegal armed groups – UN

13 June 2005
As programmes for disarming the regular military are completed in Afghanistan, the country's Government has announced the official start of a program to disband illegal armed groups, to be carried out with the support of the international community, including the United Nations.

Afghanistan: UN mission welcomes release of Italian aid worker

13 June 2005
The United Nations mission in Afghanistan today expressed "relief and pleasure" at the release of the Italian aid worker who had been kidnapped in Kabul three weeks ago.

Nearly 60,000 ex-combatants disarmed in Afghanistan – UN

9 June 2005
Almost 60,000 former Afghan military troops have disarmed, and most of them have entered a programme aimed at helping them to re-join society, the United Nations reported today.

Afghanistan: UN Mission condemns violence against election workers

6 June 2005
With parliamentary, provincial and district elections in Afghanistan just months away, the United Nations mission in the country has condemned any type of violence aimed at derailing the electoral process.

UN halts mine clearance in southern Afghanistan after deadly attack

2 June 2005
The United Nations has temporarily suspended the clearing of landmines in southern Afghanistan today after two local deminers were killed and five others wounded by a roadside bomb.

Afghanistan: Annan, UN Mission ‘outraged’ by deadly attack on Kandahar mosque

1 June 2005
Secretary-General Kofi Annan joined with the United Nations mission in Afghanistan to express shock and outrage following today’s suicide bomb attack on a mosque in Kandahar during a memorial service for a slain Islamic cleric.
Afghan refugees leaving Pakistan for home

Repatriation programme helps 100,000 Afghans return home this year – UN

1 June 2005
More than 100,000 Afghan refugees have returned home from Pakistan since the United Nations refugee agency’s voluntary repatriation programme for 2005 started in March.