Afghanistan

Georgette Gagnon, Director of Human Rights, UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA).
UN Photo/Mark Garten (file)

Human rights gains in Afghanistan “will be sustained”

2 June 2015
General News

Gains made in the protection of human rights in Afghanistan “will be sustained” according to the outgoing director of rights issues at the UN mission in the country, UNAMA.

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An aerial view of Kabul, Afghanistan.
UNAMA/Ari Gaitanis

UN mission in Afghanistan condemns killing of 17 civilians by Taliban

14 May 2015
The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) has strongly condemned yesterday's killing of at least 17 civilians in two separate attacks for which the Taliban has claimed responsibility.
Aid distribution for displaced persons in Khost province, Afghanistan.
UNHCR (file)

UN in Afghanistan condemns Taliban’s deadly attack on judges and prosecutors

11 May 2015
The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) has strongly condemned yesterday's suicide attack against a civilian bus transporting employees of the Attorney General's Office in Kabul, which killed five prosecutors, including three women prosecutors and injured 19 other civilians.
Photo: UNAMA
UNAMA

Justice for women in Afghanistan "needs strengthening"

19 April 2015
General News

Access to justice for women victims of violence in Afghanistan needs to be strengthened.

That's according to a report released by the UN mission in the country, UNAMA,  on Sunday.

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Ivan Šimonović, Assistant Secretary-General for Human Rights.
UN Photo/Jean-Marc Ferré

Afghanistan: UN condemns ‘brutal’ suicide attack in Jalalabad

18 April 2015
United Nations Assistant Secretary-General for Human Rights Ivan Šimonović, has strongly condemned the “brutal” suicide attack that reportedly killed at least 35 people and injured more than 100 others in the Afghan city of Jalalabad earlier today.
Women and children on their way to a winter-time wedding ceremony in Bamiyan, Afghanistan.
UNAMA/Aurora V. Alambra (file)

Afghan civilian casualties from ground combat rise in 2015 – UN

12 April 2015
In the first three months of 2015, civilian casualties from ground engagements rose by eight per cent compared to the same period last year, according to the latest figures released today by the United Nations with warning that the toll is likely to rise in the coming summer months.
Mark Bowden, Deputy Special Representative of the Secretary-General for the UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan, UN Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator and UNDP Resident Representative for Afghanistan.
UN Photo/JC McIlwaine

UN official ‘shocked’ by killing of aid workers in Afghanistan

11 April 2015
The United Nations Humanitarian Coordinator in Afghanistan today expressed sadness for the death of five staff members of Save the Children International, found dead on 10 April, after being abducted on 3 March in Uruzgan province.
Women in line to vote during the 5 April 2014 elections in Afghanistan.
UNAMA/Zachary Golestani (file)

Women in Afghanistan prove they can equally contribute to society

9 March 2015
General News

Women in Afghanistan need to be recognized as active participants in society not just as victims, according to the UN Mission in the country, UNAMA.

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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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