Afghanistan

Women and children on their way to a winter-time wedding ceremony in Bamiyan, Afghanistan.
UNAMA/Aurora V. Alambra (file)

UN chief ‘deeply saddened’ by loss of life in Afghanistan avalanches

26 February 2015
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said he is deeply saddened by the loss of life in Afghanistan as a result of avalanches, landslides and floods in the northern part of the country including in the Kabul, Parwan, Panjsher, Kapisa, Badakhshan and Nuristan provinces.
Georgette Gagnon at UNAMA press conference.
UNAMA/Fardin Waezi

Afghanistan needs to do more to end torture, says UN report

25 February 2015
General News

Authorities in Afghanistan need to do more to end torture and ill-treatment of conflict-related detainees, says a UN report released on Wednesday.

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Agnès Marcaillou.
UN Photo/JC McIlwaine

Landmines do not recognise peace, says UN agency

19 February 2015
General News

Mine clearance takes time and money and the UN agency that’s leading global efforts against the deadly ordnance says it needs nearly $300 million to carry on with its work.

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At a Kabul press conference on 18 February, senior UN officials discussed the latest UN report on conflict-related civilian deaths and injuries.
Fardin Waezi/UNAMA

Nearly 4000 Afghan civilians killed in 2014

18 February 2015
General News

A 22 per cent rise in conflict-related deaths and injuries of Afghan civilians in 2014, has been reported by the UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA).

Nearly 4000 people died during the year.

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Increased ground engagements between parties to the armed conflict in Afghanistan are behind a 22 per cent rise in conflict-related deaths and injuries of Afghan civilians in 2014, the UNAMA said on the release of its 2014 Annual Report on Protection of Civilians in Armed Conflict.
UNAMA/Fardin Waezi

In Afghanistan’s deadliest year, civilian casualties top 10,000 in 2014 – UN

18 February 2015
Civilian casualties in Afghanistan topped 10,000 in 2014, a 22 per cent increase compared to the past year, reflecting increased ground battles between armed groups and the Government, and a drastic drawdown of Western troop presence in the country, the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) said today.
School in Kabul.
UNAMA/F. Waezi

Over 9 million Afghan children in rural, conflict-prone areas attend school

9 February 2015
General News

Over 9 million children in rural Afghanistan have access to education because of the introduction of community-based schools the UN says.

An estimated 3.6 million of them are girls.

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