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Afghanistan: UN-backed disarmament programme officially ends

30 June 2005
The disarmament and demobilization phases of Afghanistan’s disarmament, demobilization and reintegration programme (DDR), a key United Nations-backed step in setting the country on the road to stability after decades of war and factional fighting, formally ended today with more than 61,000 former combatants disarmed.
Jean Arnault

Condemning rising violence in Afghanistan, UN envoy urges coordinated response

26 June 2005
With violence in Afghanistan on the rise, the senior United Nations envoy to the country is calling for cooperation between the authorities, international forces and Pakistan's Government to stem the bloodshed and provide hope for lasting stability.
Arnaut addressing the Security Council

Afghanistan: ongoing violence threatens preparations for elections – Security Council told

24 June 2005
The ongoing insecurity and re-emergence of violence affecting preparations for Afghanistan’s upcoming elections was being made worse by rampant corruption and fallout from the country’s thriving drug trade, senior United Nations officials told the Security Council today.

UN condemns attack against convoy of election workers in Afghanistan

23 June 2005
The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) today condemned this week's attack against a convoy transporting election materials in Kandahar province that resulted in the death of one person and the wounding of another.

UN mission in Afghanistan welcomes handing up of weapons by electoral candidates

21 June 2005
The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) has welcomed the news that several candidates are handing up their weapons so as to qualify under electoral law to run for seats in the lower house of the National Assembly, called the Wolesi Jirga, and in the provincial councils.

Consolidation of Afghan refugee camps in Pakistan accelerates – UN

21 June 2005
The United Nations refugee agency and the Government of Pakistan are stepping up efforts to consolidate Afghan refugee camps in the country, announcing that two camps in Balochistan province will close in addition to those in the troubled tribal belt already scheduled for closure.
Relief workers unload food aid

UN agencies rush food, other aid to flood-devastated region of Afghanistan

20 June 2005
United Nations agencies are rushing emergency food and other aid to nearly 9,000 people in Afghanistan’s north-eastern province of Badakshan after a hailstorm and heavy flooding devastated the area, killing some 30 people, injuring 40 others and destroying more than 1,000 homes.

Sixty-year conflict ends with UN-brokered peace between two Afghan tribes

20 June 2005
A conflict which has raged between neighbouring tribes in eastern Afghanistan for six decades, resulting in 60 deaths in the last year alone, has been resolved through the mediation of the United Nations mission in the country, a mission spokesman said today.
Afghan refugee camps in Pakistan

UN prepares Afghans to return from Pakistan’s troubled border area

14 June 2005
The United Nations refugee agency is set to begin issuing repatriation documents to Afghans in refugee camps in a Pakistani border area, following a registration process that showed an overwhelming majority of the residents there wish to return to their homeland.

Afghan Government begins disbanding of illegal armed groups – UN

13 June 2005
As programmes for disarming the regular military are completed in Afghanistan, the country's Government has announced the official start of a program to disband illegal armed groups, to be carried out with the support of the international community, including the United Nations.