Kabul

WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus (centre) speaks to hospital staff at the Wazir Mohammad Akbar Khan National Hospital in Kabul, Afghanistan.
WHO/Lindsay Mackenzie

Afghanistan’s healthcare system on brink of collapse, as hunger hits 95 per cent of families

22 September 2021
Humanitarian Aid

Afghanistan’s health system is on the brink of collapse, the head of the World Health Organisation, WHO, warned on Wednesday, while on the streets of Kabul, the hunger families are suffering is as acute in urban areas as the drought-stricken rural parts of the country. 

Early morning in Kabul, Afghanistan.
Unsplash/ Mohammad Rahmani

News in Brief 31 August 2021

31 August 2021
News in Brief
  • Afghanistan: far more lifesaving medical supplies needed: WHO
  • UNHCR stands ready to help Afghan neighbours offer shelter
  • Mali uptick in civilian killings, warns UN mission MINUSMA
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A view of Kabul, the capital of Afghanistan.
Photo UNAMA/Fardin Waezi

Afghanistan: UN chief condemns terrorist blasts near Kabul airport

26 August 2021
Peace and Security

Secretary-General António Guterres condemned on Thursday the terror attacks around Kabul airport in Afghanistan and expressed his support for both the injured and the families of those who have been killed. 

A wildfire burns in a national park in Oregon, USA.
Unsplash/Marcus Kauffman

News in Brief 12 August 2021

12 August 2021
News in Brief
  • UN weather agency WMO seeks to confirm 48.8C ‘record’ heat spike in Sicily
  • Afghanistan seeks spike in people fleeing amid Taliban advance
  • 3 new COVID-19 drugs picked for latest #Solidarity trials: WHO
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The Dome of the Rock Mosque, East Jerusalem, one day after confrontations took place between Israeli police and Palestinians on Friday 7 May 2021.
Yahya Arouri

News in Brief 10 May 2021

10 May 2021
News in Brief
  • 'Maximum restraint' needed over East Jerusalem violence: UN chief
  • Condemnation for Kabul school attack atrocity
  • Spotlight on lack of investment in farming across Sahel region: FAO
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UNICEF has provided tents to the Philippines, Government as part of its response to COVID-19.
©UNICEF/Jake Verzosa

News in Brief 26 March 2020

26 March 2020
News in Brief
  • Philippines ceasefire welcomed after Guterres COVID-19 appeal
  • ‘Double-digit’ percentage of global GDP is needed to avert COVID-19 catastrophe: UN chief 
  • Latest Kabul attack comes amid growing insecurity in Afghanistan 
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A view of Kabul, the centre of Afghanistan’s social and political life. Photo UNAMA/Fardin Waezi.

Outrage and ‘revulsion’ voiced by UN over suicide attack on voter registration centre in Kabul

22 April 2018
Peace and Security

A suicide attack on a voter-registration centre in the Afghan capital Kabul which left at least 30 dead on Sunday, has been condemned by the United Nations mission in the country, UNAMA.

National Media Conference on Journalist Safety and Security in Kabul.
Fardin Waezi from UNAMA

Media critical to development and peace in Afghanistan: UN official

3 May 2017
General News

Without freedom of the press, an “informed and engaged” public would not be possible, the head of the UN mission in Afghanistan, UNAMA, said on Wednesday.

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A woman carrying a young child receives relief items.
UNICEF/ Shubuckl

UN Gender Focus: refugees in Europe, LGBT issues and Afghan women

7 January 2016
UN Gender Focus

Proportion of women and children seeking refuge in Europe increasing

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UNAMA workshop in Kabul.
UNAMA

Empowerment of Afghan women promoted by UN

6 January 2016
General News

Finding practical solutions to the challenges that Afghan women face accessing education and health services was the focus of a day-long workshop held recently in the capital of Afghanistan, Kabul.

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