Afghanistan

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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Participants at civil society-led Afghan Peoples Dialogue for Peace initiative. Kabul, 15 January 2015.
UNAMA/Fardin Waezi

Afghan people contribute to peace dialogue

21 January 2015
General News

More than 6,000 people from across Afghanistan have been describing how they think peace can be brought to the troubled country.

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

Senior UN official in Afghanistan condemns killing of civilian family in bomb blast

18 January 2015
The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) has today condemned the killing yesterday of a family, as well as the driver of the taxi they were travelling in when the vehicle hit a pressure-plate improvised explosive device planted on a road in the eastern province of Nangarhar.
Participants at civil society-led Afghan Peoples Dialogue for Peace initiative. Kabul, 15 January 2015.
UNAMA/Fardin Waezi

Afghanistan: UN Mission welcomes civil society efforts to promote sustainable peace

17 January 2015
The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) has today welcomed a recent national conference during which local road maps for achieving sustainable, inclusive and just peace in the country were presented to participants.