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suicide car bomber carries out deadly attack against a NATO convoy in Kabul, Afghanistan

Afghanistan: top UN envoy speaks out against deadly Kabul attack

18 May 2010
The top United Nations official in Afghanistan strongly condemned today’s deadly attack in the capital, Kabul, which claimed more than one dozen lives.
Medical team on its way to the remote Khaspak village.

Afghanistan: UN helps rush in aid to thousands of flood victims

13 May 2010
The United Nations is helping Afghanistan rush in emergency food and non-food aid for thousands of people hit by floods earlier this month, particularly in the three worst-affected western provinces.
Special Representative Staffan de Mistura addresses press in Kabul [File Photo]

UN envoy concerned over mysterious illnesses of girls in Afghan schools

12 May 2010
The top United Nations envoy to Afghanistan today sounded the alarm over the illnesses of girls attending schools in parts of the country, allegedly due to chemical contaminants.

Afghan prohibition of under-age police recruitment wins UN applause

10 May 2010
The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) today welcomed a ban on the recruitment of people under the age of 18 into the national police force and called on the defence ministry to adopt a similar prohibition with regard to the army.
Special Representative Staffan de Mistura addresses press in Kabul [File Photo]

Afghanistan: UN envoy speaks out against attacks on Government buildings

6 May 2010
The top United Nations envoy to Afghanistan today condemned deadly attacks on Government buildings in the country’s southwest, which he characterized as a “despicable display of violence.”
Special Representative for Children and Armed Conflict, Radhika Coomaraswamy, in Kabul

UN welcomes Afghanistan's commitment to protect children from conflict

2 May 2010
Afghanistan's Government has made important commitments to protect children from the impact of armed conflict, according to a new United Nations report.
Young shepherds in northern Afghanistan

Greater efforts needed to protect health of Afghans, says senior UN official

26 April 2010
A senior United Nations official today called for greater efforts to assist Afghans, who remain extremely vulnerable to a wide range of health challenges associated with natural disasters, conflict and the lack of coverage of health services.
The guest house in Kabul where UN staff stayed, ablaze after it was attacked on 28 October 2009

Ban calls for Afghan probe into possible killing of UN staffer by friendly fire

26 April 2010
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today called on the Afghan authorities to probe last October’s attack on a United Nations guesthouse in Kabul after a board of inquiry suggested that a UN staffer may have been killed by Afghan security forces who may have mistaken him for an insurgent.
Women at work in road construction in Samangan, northern Afghanistan

UN aid efforts under way in quake-hit northern Afghanistan

20 April 2010
The United Nations humanitarian wing is coordinating emergency aid and assessing the damage in northern Afghanistan following a 5.3-magnitude earthquake that reportedly killed at least seven people and injured dozens of others.
SRSG Staffan de Mistura addresses press conference on up-coming Afghan Parliamentary elections and other matters

Next Afghan elections must show improvement over previous polls – UN envoy

19 April 2010
The upcoming parliamentary elections in Afghanistan must be an improvement over last year’s presidential polls, the top United Nations envoy there told the new head of the country’s national electoral body, urging that the process be as transparent as possible.