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Staffan de Mistura, who heads the UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan.

UN sets up expert group to support Afghan peace efforts

31 October 2010
The United Nations mission in Afghanistan announced today that it has set up a group of experts to support the crucial work of a newly-formed council tasked with finding ways to ensure lasting peace in the country.
Security personnel outside the UN compound in Herat, Afghanistan

Ban and Security Council condemn attack on UN compound in Afghanistan

23 October 2010
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and the Security Council today strongly condemned the suicide attack on the United Nations compound in Afghanistan's western city of Herat, where members of staff of the UN mission in the country and other agencies are based.
A boy gets his two drops of oral polio vaccine in Afghanistan

UN-backed de-worming campaign targets millions of Afghan children

20 October 2010
Millions of Afghan children will be protected against malnutrition, retarded growth and development and poor learning ability under a United Nations-backed de-worming campaign launched in schools across the country today.
Some of the more than 86,000 polling centre staff being trained for Afghanistan's September 2010 election

Afghanistan: top UN envoy welcomes release of preliminary poll results

20 October 2010
The top United Nations official in Afghanistan today welcomed the publication of preliminary results of last month’s parliamentary elections, but cautioned that the electoral process is not over, with considerable fraud having been identified.

War-damaged Afghan monuments in need of restoration – UN

20 October 2010
War in Afghanistan has had a damaging effect on the country’s cultural heritage with historical monuments damaged and in need of restoration, delegates to a United Nations-supported conference on culture and sustainable development that wrapped up today in Kabul noted.

UN calls for strengthening international security force in Afghanistan

13 October 2010
The Security Council today extended the mission of the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) in Afghanistan for another year, calling on Governments to increase its current strength of 120,000 troops to counter growing terrorism by the Taliban and Al-Qaida.
Robert Watkins, Deputy Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Afghanistan

Afghanistan: UN condemns killing of British aid worker

10 October 2010
The United Nations on Sunday condemned the killing of British aid worker Linda Norgrove, stating that her death is a loss to the people of Afghanistan whom she served as well as her colleagues in the humanitarian and development community.
A boy gets his two drops of oral polio vaccine in Afghanistan

UN agency seeks to boost health services in Afghan province cut off by harsh winter

5 October 2010
The United Nations health agency is partnering with authorities in Bamiyan to increase services for people living in remote areas of the northern Afghan province, which is often inaccessible for months at a time due to harsh winter conditions.