Afghanistan

Ruud Lubbers

UN convoys of returning Afghan refugees halted by fighting in west

20 August 2004
At least 13,000 Afghans returning home from Iran have become stranded on the border or in an overcrowded transit camp because of fighting this week in western Afghanistan, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) said today as he spotlighted fears about the country’s security situation.
An Afghan girl with leishmaniasis

UN health agency seeks to curb debilitating skin disease in Afghanistan

10 August 2004
With an epidemic of cutaneous leishmaniasis in Afghanistan threatening to escalate out of control without immediate action, the United Nations health agency today launched an emergency campaign combining drug treatment and insecticide-treated nets to curb the debilitating skin disease spread by sand flies.

Afghanistan: UN anti-drug official hails new decree against narcotics

8 August 2004
The senior United Nations anti-drug official in Afghanistan today welcomed the issuance of a religious decree condemning narcotics and related activities.

Top UN envoy for Afghanistan condemns latest killing of electoral workers

7 August 2004
The top United Nations envoy for Afghanistan today condemned in the strongest terms the murder Friday of two Afghan electoral workers in an attack on their convoy.

UN condemns killing of 2 aid workers in Afghanistan

5 August 2004
United Nations officials in Afghanistan today denounced the killing Wednesday of two German aid agency workers in an ambush in the country’s southeast.
Afghan voter

Afghanistan: UN mission hails voter numbers as end to registration drive approaches

2 August 2004
Afghanistan’s voter registration programme will largely finish on 15 August, the country’s electoral authorities announced today, as results indicate that more than 90 per cent of the estimated eligible pool of citizens have already enrolled to vote.
Afghans

Afghanistan: More than half million refugees return so far this year - UN

30 July 2004
More than half a million Afghans have gone home from Iran and Pakistan so far this year, bringing the number of returnees since 2002 to over 3 million out of the 4.6 million estimated to have fled decades of war and violence in their homeland, the UN refugee agency reported today.

2 killed in blast at voter registration site in Afghanistan, UN envoy ‘outraged’

28 July 2004
Two people at a voter registration site in eastern Afghanistan were killed in a bomb blast today, prompting the top United Nations envoy in the country to voice his anger at the attack.

Afghans living in Iran and Pakistan will be able to vote in elections - UN mission

20 July 2004
Afghans still living in Iran and Pakistan will be able to vote in Afghanistan's upcoming presidential and parliamentary elections, the United Nations Assistance Mission to the country (UNAMA) announced today.

New report finds political intimidation in parts of Afghanistan – UN

18 July 2004
The level of political freedom Afghans are able to exercise varies widely across their country, with some areas marred by intimidation, the just-released findings of a study by the United Nations and the Government say.