Afghan

‘Alarming’ security situation impeding UN feeding programme in Afghanistan

29 September 2006
With military action against insurgents in southern and eastern Afghanistan uprooting civilians and worsening conditions for people already in chronic need of food, the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) reported today that the “alarming” security situation is impeding its operations.

Afghanistan: UN deplores murder of regional director of women’s affairs

25 September 2006
The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) today deplored the “senseless murder” of a leading woman official working for gender equality in the southern city of Kandahar.

Violence in Afghanistan is at its most severe since the fall of the Taliban in 2001: Annan

21 September 2006
The upsurge in violence in Afghanistan over the past few months represents a “watershed” and is the most severe threat to the country’s transition to peace since the fall of the Taliban in 2001, United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan warns today, urging greater military and diplomatic efforts to counter the insurgency.
Tom Koenigs, SRSG for Afghanistan

Deadly suicide attack in Afghanistan is a ‘crime against humanity’: UN envoy

18 September 2006
The top United Nations envoy to Afghanistan said a suicide attack today in the southern province of Kandahar that killed four Canadian soldiers and wounded or killed tens of civilians, mainly children, was a “crime against humanity” and an atrocity against all Afghans.
Child receives measles vaccination at health centre

UN immunization drive in Afghanistan aims to reduce child and maternal deaths

13 September 2006
A newly launched United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) immunization campaign in Afghanistan aims to reduce child measles mortality by 90 per cent and to eliminate maternal and neonatal tetanus.

Contractor for UN human settlements agency murdered in Afghanistan

13 September 2006
An independent contractor working in Afghanistan for the United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UNHABITAT) was murdered yesterday when unknown assailants opened fire on his vehicle, a senior UN official in the country said today, deploring the killing.
Council President Adamantios Vassilakis

Security Council members condemn spate of suicide bombings in Afghanistan

12 September 2006
Members of the Security Council have added their collective voices to a growing chorus of United Nations officials condemning rising terrorist violence in Afghanistan.
Antonio Costa

NATO forces in Afghanistan should do more to curb drug trade, UN official says

12 September 2006
The head of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) today called for a robust military action by the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) forces to destroy the opium industry in southern Afghanistan.

Security Council approves extension of security force’s mandate in Afghanistan

12 September 2006
The Security Council today extended for another year the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) in Afghanistan, which has been beset by an increasing number of terrorist attacks in recent months.
Tom Koenigs

UN envoy in Afghanistan condemns murder of governor in southeastern province

10 September 2006
The senior United Nations envoy to Afghanistan today condemned the assassination of the governor of Pakia province in the country's troubled southeast.