Afghan

Intensified UN employment projects could help address insecurity in Afghanistan

24 April 2003
The United Nations is helping the Government of Afghanistan to create employment opportunities, particularly in the rural areas, which could go a long way towards addressing current security problems in the country, a UN official said today in Kabul.

Rival militias withdraw from Afghan city in UN-brokered agreement

17 April 2003
Rival militias have now fully withdrawn from the centre of Maimana in northern Afghanistan – where a spate of deadly violence erupted last Thursday – and United Nations staff who were withdrawn from the area have returned and reopened their offices in the now calm city, a UN spokesman said today in Kabul.
Lakhdar Brahimi

UN envoy conveys condolences to families of Afghan civilian victims of air strike

10 April 2003
The senior United Nations envoy to Afghanistan today conveyed his condolences to the families of the Afghans killed unintentionally when a coalition air strike in Paktika Province missed its intended target.