Afghanistan

Traffic in the Afghan capital Kabul.
UNAMA/Nasim Fekrat

Afghanistan: UN Mission condemns suicide attack against Iraqi embassy in Kabul

31 July 2017
The United Nations political mission in Afghanistan today denounced an attack on the embassy of Iraq saying it is another attack aimed at the international community but where Afghan civilians bear the brunt of the violence.
Afghan migrants freshly arrived at the Pakistan-Afghanistan border in Chaman, Pakistan.
UNHCR/ Chaman, Pakistan/August, 2015

One million undocumented Afghans to get right to stay in Pakistan

21 July 2017
General News

Pakistan’s plan to register up to one million undocumented Afghans living in the country is set to bring “much needed relief” for many refugees unable to return home amid ongoing insecurity, the UN said on Friday.

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Aftermath of an explosion in the centre of Kabul, Afghanistan, on the corner of Passport Lane and the Indian Embassy.
UNAMA/Jawad Jalali (file)

Civilians continue to bear the brunt of Afghanistan's 'ugly war' – UN report

17 July 2017
Civilians lives – including those of women and children – continue to be lost at record high levels amid a worsening toll of suicide attacks, the United Nations mission in Afghanistan said today, calling on anti-government forces to stop indiscriminate attacks against civilians as well as on the Government to stop using mortars and rockets in populated areas.