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Over 50,000 former Afghan soldiers have disarmed, UN reports

8 May 2005
More than 50,000 former Afghan military troops have disarmed, and 90 per cent of them have entered a programme aimed at helping them to re-join society, the United Nations reported today.

UN urges Afghan authorities to find perpetrators of 'brutal' killing of 3 women

5 May 2005
The United Nations mission in Afghanistan today called on the country's authorities "to spare no effort" in the hunt for the murderers of three women who were killed in the province of Baghlan.
Jolie with Afghan refugee children

Goodwill Ambassador Angelina Jolie visits Afghan refugees in Pakistan

5 May 2005
United Nations Goodwill Ambassador Angelina Jolie today saw off a convoy of trucks carrying Afghans home from Pakistan, pushing the total number of those repatriating with help from the UN refugee agency past the 50,000 mark for the year.
Street vendors on the bank of Kabul River

UN mission in Afghanistan on standby for potential flooding

14 April 2005
After the harshest winter and heaviest snowfalls in years cut off supplies for tens of thousands of Afghans, the United Nations mission in the country is on alert for potential flooding that could affect up to 100,000 people.

Nearly 7,000 Afghans return home as UN refugee agency resumes repatriation

7 April 2005
One month after resuming its voluntary repatriation programme of Afghans from Pakistan, the United Nations refugee agency reported today that nearly 7,000 people had returned home with its assistance, a number that should balloon to 400,000 by the end of the year.
Jean Arnault

Top UN envoy calls for quick agreement on long-range goals for Afghanistan

4 April 2005
Afghanistan and the international community must agree as soon as possible on a broad agenda of strategic priorities that go beyond the political transition, ranging from fiscal sustainability to regional cooperation to strengthening the protection of the human rights of ordinary Afghans, the top United Nations envoy in the country told a donor forum today.

Afghan opium cultivation dropping, according to preliminary UN survey

28 March 2005
Farmers in Afghanistan, which accounts for 87 per cent of the world's opium and heroin products, are growing fewer opium poppies this year than last and overall output is expected to drop for the first time since 2001, according to the latest United Nations survey released ahead of a detailed annual report in the autumn.
Security Council

Security Council extends UN mission in Afghanistan for another year

24 March 2005
Stressing the urgent need to tackle ongoing challenges in Afghanistan including the fight against narcotics, terrorist threats and timely preparation for elections, the Security Council today unanimously extended the mandate of the United Nations mission in the country for another 12 months through 24 March 2006.
Afghans

After feeding snowbound Afghans, UN agency shifts gear to aid flood-stricken

23 March 2005
After weeks of struggling to provide food to more than 100,000 snowbound Afghans, the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) is shifting gear in step with the weather to help tens of thousands of people now facing floods from melting snow and torrential rains.
SRSG Jean Arnault briefs the Council

Afghanistan will need international help to build future beyond elections, Security Council told

22 March 2005
Afghanistan will need sustained international help way beyond September’s legislative elections marking the completion of the Bonn accord that set up the country’s transitional phase after the ouster of the Taliban regime in 2001, United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan says in his latest report delivered today.