Afghanistan

Connie Duckworth, CEO of Arzu Studio Hope, at N-Peace Awards Ceremony.
UNDP

Bringing hope and prosperity to Afghan women

24 October 2015
General News

Rural women in Afghanistan’s Bamyan province are using a traditional craft to weave a brighter future for their families.

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An elderly woman in ZamZam camp. UN File Photo/Stuart Price.

UN Gender Focus: women living longer, women in prison and Afghan women

22 October 2015
UN Gender Focus

Women living longer but still face serious challenges worldwide

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In Greece, a crowd of Syrian refugees wait outside the Moria Identification Centre for their turn to register with local authorities before continuing their journey towards Central Europe.
UNHCR/Achilleas Zavallis

Refugees and migrants reaching Greece soar past half-million mark

20 October 2015
General News

The number of refugees and migrants arriving in Greece this year has surpassed the half-million mark, the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) said on Tuesday.

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A woman registers to pick up her aid package in Kunduz city, Afghanistan, in April 2015 after escaping fighting in her district between the Taliban and government forces.
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Despite ‘relative’ calm in Kunduz, full conditions for humanitarian assistance not yet restored – UN

15 October 2015
While reports indicate that Kunduz city centre in northeast Afghanistan remains relatively quiet, with sporadic fighting taking place on the outskirts, full conditions for the safe delivery of humanitarian assistance have not yet been restored, according to the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA).
A close-up of an opium poppy in Afghanistan.
UN Photo/UNODC/Zalmai

Afghan opium crop decreases nearly 20 per cent in 2015

14 October 2015
General News

Cultivation of opium poppies, the plant used to manufacture heroin, has dropped by 19 per cent year-on-year, according to a UN survey released on Wednesday.

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Haqmal (centre), a six year-old returnee from Pakistan loves his new school, the Ansarul-Momineen School in Pajhman, Kabul District Afghanistan.
UNHCR/Sebastian Rich

Top UN refugee official calls for renewed international focus on Afghanistan

7 October 2015
The United Nations' most senior refugee official is appealing to the international community to refocus its attention on Afghanistan, warning that it would be dangerous to ignore the country, and praised Iran and Pakistan for hosting so many Afghan refugees.
Tomio Shichiri, FAO country director, Afghanistan.
UNAMA

Putting Afghan women at the centre of farming development

6 October 2015
General News

A lack of land and capital has been hampering the role of Afghan women in the countryside, according to the UN’s Food and Agriculture representative there.

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Special Representative for Afghanistan, Nicholas Haysom. File
UNAMA/Fardin Waezi

Inquiry into fatal Afghan hospital strikes must be “impartial"

5 October 2015
General News

The UN has strongly condemned the airstrike on a hospital in the Afghan city of Kunduz on Saturday, which has left at least 22 people dead.

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Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon.
UN Photo/Amanda Voisard (file)

Afghanistan: UN strongly condemns 'tragic, inexcusable' Kunduz hospital airstrike

3 October 2015
Senior United Nations officials today condemned what they called a “tragic” and “inexcusable” air strike on the Médecins sans Frontières (MSF) hospital in Kunduz, a city in northern Afghanistan, which resulted in the deaths and injuries of medical personnel, patients and other civilians.
In the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, refugees take shelter beneath a metal pavilion on a rainy day, near the town of Gevgelija, on the border with Greece. Photo File: UNICEF/Tomislav Georgiev

Respect the dignity of migrants fleeing to Europe

30 September 2015
General News

Refugees fleeing Syria, Afghanistan and Iraq, deserve to be treated with dignity not suspicion, said the head of the International Organization for Migration, or IOM.

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