Afghan

Antonio M. Costa

Fighting to curb drugs from Afghanistan, UN agency to help train officers in Central Asia

27 July 2006
In the battle against the heroin trade from Afghanistan, which produces almost all the world’s supply, the United Nations drug agency is joining an international effort to train Afghan and Central Asian enforcement officers, as around one fifth of the total output of the illicit narcotic is smuggled through these neighbouring five republics to Russia and elsewhere in Europe.
Council President de La Sablière

Afghanistan: Security Council voices fear on violence as UN envoy talks of insurgency

26 July 2006
Expressing concern over the worsening violence in Afghanistan, the Security Council today reaffirmed its support for the Government and the armed forces as they battle what the top United Nations envoy to the impoverished nation called an “insurgency” that seeks to restore life under the Taliban.

Drought in Afghanistan prompts UN appeal for $76 million

25 July 2006
Warning that more than 2.5 million people are facing food shortages if they do not receive assistance, the United Nations and the Afghan Government today launched a joint appeal for $76 million to deal with the country’s emerging drought.

More Afghan professionals returning home, UN refugee agency reports

11 July 2006
While the number of Afghans returning home from Pakistan this year has declined, with 100,000 crossing the border so far, their composition shows an increase in those with professional skills such as engineering, medicine and education, the United Nations refugee agency reported today.
Tom Koenigs, SRSG in Afghanistan

Afghanistan: top UN official ‘appalled’ by bombings in capital

5 July 2006
The top United Nations envoy in Afghanistan today expressed his horror at the rash of explosions over the past two days near to or apparently directed against government institutions or personnel in Kabul, the capital.

Afghanistan: UN food agency renews appeal to fill critical funding shortfall

3 July 2006
Facing a shortfall of more than a third in requested aid for Afghanistan, the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has renewed its urgent appeal to donors to come up with “critical” additional funding to finance its activities for the rest of the year.