Afghan

Afghans air concerns in meeting at Katchagari camp

UN refugee agency official plans for future of Afghan refugees in Pakistan

22 February 2007
Meeting with Pakistani Government officials and Afghan refugees in a four-day visit to the region this week, a senior United Nations refugee agency official said that she is carefully reviewing plans for voluntary repatriation and refugee camp closures.
ASG Margareta Wahlström

Fighting in southern Afghanistan hampering UN humanitarian efforts

21 February 2007
Security concerns and moving battle fronts in southern Afghanistan are severely limiting efforts to aid the local population in the battle-scarred region, a senior United Nations humanitarian official said today.

UN mission in Afghanistan expands presence to foster stability – envoy

19 February 2007
Responding to Afghanistan's need for greater stability, the United Nations Assistance Mission in the country (UNAMA) has established new offices in the provinces, its chief said today.

UN official arrives in Afghanistan to review aid effort

18 February 2007
A senior United Nations humanitarian official today began a five-day visit to Afghanistan to see how the world body can better deliver relief aid to the war-torn country.
Afghans line up to collect registration cards

Over 2 million Afghan refugees registered in Pakistan, UN refugee agency reports

16 February 2007
A four-month drive to officially register Afghan refugees residing in Pakistan ended yesterday with more than 2 million of them – three out of five being women and children under five years of age – registering with the Pakistani Government, according to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR).

Camps in Pakistan housing more than 230,000 Afghan refugees to be closed – UN

8 February 2007
Citing security and development concerns, the United Nations refugee agency, Pakistan and Afghanistan have made plans to close four camps, accommodating more than 230,000 Afghan refugees, by the end of this summer, while providing residents with repatriation and relocation options.

Number of Afghans in Pakistan registered in UN-backed operation to pass 2 million

5 February 2007
The number of Afghans in Pakistan registered by Pakistani authorities assisted by the United Nations refugee agency has passed the two million mark today, yielding further information for continued repatriation efforts for those who fled decades of conflict in their homeland.

Afghanistan: UN voices concern at possible impunity for human rights abusers

2 February 2007
The top United Nations human rights official voiced concern today that the national stability plan passed by Afghanistan’s lower house of Parliament this week could lead to past serious human rights violations going unpunished, undermining efforts to secure long-term peace in the war-torn country.

Afghanistan: UN mission stresses need for victims’ rights to figure in impunity debate

1 February 2007
The United Nations mission in Afghanistan today stressed the need for the rights of victims of the country’s past 25 years of conflict to be at the heart of national reconciliation and any efforts to grant impunity.