Afghanistan

Children sitting next to their tent at the Al-Meshqafah camp in Yemen. (26 February 2019)
© UNICEF/Saleh Baholis

Thursday’s Daily Brief: Fragile hope for Yemen, TB and Afghanistan updates, Paris's fresco for sustainable development

17 October 2019
Peace and Security

A recap of Thursday’s stories: Hope rises as violence abates in Yemen; TB infections slowdown but not fast enough; civilian casualties in Afghanistan hit record level; thousands paint picture of sustainable development in Paris; labour research finds strategies to tackle poverty.

The Pul-e-Kheshti Mosque in Kabul, Afghanistan. (file)
UNAMA/Freshta Dunia

Record-high number of civilian casualties in Afghanistan: UN Report

17 October 2019
Peace and Security

Afghanistan has seen record-high levels of civilian casualties in the third quarter of 2019, stemming mainly from the violence between pro- and anti-Government elements, the UN Assistance Mission in the country (UNAMA) revealed in a report published Thursday, which concluded that more must be done to protect the country’s people.

The scene at the Shahr-e-Dubai Wedding Hall in West Kabul where approximately 1,000 people were gathered the night before for a wedding ceremony, when a suicide attacker detonated explosives, killing and injuring scores of civilians, among them women and children.
UNAMA/Fardin Waezi

News in Brief 17 October 2019

17 October 2019
News in Brief
  • Record-high number of civilian casualties in Afghanistan: UN Report
  • Tuberculosis infections declining, but not fast enough among the poor
  • New labour research identifies strategies for tackling poverty and inequality
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A woman casts her vote in Afghanistan’s parliamentary elections at a Kabul polling centre in 2018.
Fardin Waezi/UNAMA

Election-related violence claims 85 lives in Afghanistan: UN report

15 October 2019
Peace and Security

Eighty-five people were killed and another 373 injured during attacks related to the recent presidential election in Afghanistan, a report by the UN Assistance Mission in the country, UNAMA, reveals.

A typical day at the popular Mandawi market in Kabul, Afghanistan.
UNAMA/Fardin Waezi

Afghanistan probe: ‘at least 60 civilians’ killed after US military airstrikes on alleged drug labs

9 October 2019
Peace and Security

“Multiple” airstrikes by the US military on alleged methamphetamine drug labs in a remote area of western Afghanistan earlier this year, killed or injured dozens of civilians who should not have been treated as military targets, the UN said on Wednesday.