Afghanistan

Saba Ismail.
UN Women

Being a woman human rights defender in Pakistan is “risky”

28 October 2016
UN Gender Focus

Being a woman and a human rights defender in Pakistan is “risky” a young activist who founded a non-profit called “Aware Girls” with her sister when she was just fifteen.

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Chaloka Beyani (left) is interviewed by Mohammad Hamed Haleemi of UN Radio.
UN Photo

Countries urged not to “turn back” on Afghanistan

26 October 2016
General News

Afghanistan is being asked to intensify efforts to meet the needs of hundreds of thousands of its citizens who have been displaced due to ongoing insecurity in the country.

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Poppy fields in Afghanistan.
UN Photo / Zalmai

Opium production surges by 43% in Afghanistan

24 October 2016
General News

Opium production in Afghanistan has increased by 43% according to a survey released on Monday by the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC).

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Members of a family sit outside their simple home in northern Afghanistan's Faryab province.
UNHCR/S. Sisomsack

UN mission in Afghanistan reports 'worrying' rise in child casualties

19 October 2016
Even though overall conflict-related civilian casualty numbers in Afghanistan fell by one per cent in the first nine months of 2016 compared to the same period in 2015, child casualties saw a marked increase of 15 per cent, the United Nations mission in the country said today.
A policeman in Kabul, Afghanistan, which remains the most dangerous country for aid workers globally.
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Afghanistan: UN report finds July attack on peaceful protests in Kabul 'may amount to a war crime'

18 October 2016
A new report released by the United Nations mission in Afghanistan has concluded that the 23 July attack on a large, peaceful demonstration in the country's capital, Kabul, not only deliberately targeted civilians but also was a serious violation of international humanitarian law, which may amount to a war crime.
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon speaks to journalists on his arrival at the venue for the Brussels Conference on Afghanistan.
UN Photo/Rick Bajornas

Keep Afghanistan on path towards stability, UN chief urges donors

5 October 2016
General News

Afghanistan needs to be kept on the path towards stability, accountability and greater self-reliance, the UN Secretary-General has said.

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The Secretary-General's Special Representative for Afghanistan, Tadamichi Yamamoto.
UN Photo/Laura Jarriel

Afghanistan expected to receive development aid until 2020

4 October 2016
General News

The international community is expected to continue providing Afghanistan with up to US$ 2 billion in development aid for the next four years, the UN special envoy to the country has said.

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The Secretary-General's Special Representative for Afghanistan, Tadamichi Yamamoto.
UN Photo/Laura Jarriel

“One of the important things for the success of our effort is real commitment from the international community” – UN envoy for Afghanistan Tadamichi Yamamoto

3 October 2016
Peace and Security

From a decades-long conflict which has seen an ever-growing number of civilians killed to rooting out corruption among government bodies, Afghanistan has been facing a range of challenges with the international community’s assistance – and many of these topics will be discussed at a two-day gathering starting on Tuesday, 4 October, in the Belgian capital of Brussels.