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Afghanistan: UN mission calls for calm after deadly clash that reportedly killed civilians

The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) today called for calm after yesterday’s suicide bombing and shooting on a highway in the east of the country in which civilians are reported to have been killed and injured after a United States convoy was ambushed.

UN repatriation programme for Afghans in Pakistan resumes after winter break

The United Nations refugee agency has resumed the voluntary repatriation of Afghans in Pakistan after a winter break, the sixth year of the largest such operation in the agency’s history that has already seen over 2.87 million Afghans return from Pakistan, and another 1.5 million from Iran.