Afghan

Special Representative for Afghanistan Staffan de Mistura briefs Security Council

UN presses Afghans to seize opportunity for dialogue, despite recent setbacks

29 September 2011
The United Nations envoy for Afghanistan today stressed the need to seize the window of opportunity for dialogue and reconciliation that exists, despite the recent killing of the former president who was leading peace efforts in the country.
Zalmai Rassoul, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Afghanistan

UN committed to further assisting Afghanistan, Ban tells Foreign Minister

27 September 2011
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today renewed the commitment of the United Nations to assist the people of Afghanistan during talks with the country’s Foreign Minister in New York.
Zalmai Rassoul, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Afghanistan

Afghanistan tells UN of future partnerships after departure of foreign forces

22 September 2011
Afghanistan is negotiating strategic partnerships with its international partners, including the United States and the European Union, to guarantee the country’s security, stability and economic development once international forces in the Asian nation leave in 2014, the country’s Foreign Minister told the General Assembly today.
Professor Burhanuddin Rabbani

Security Council strongly condemns murder of former Afghan president

21 September 2011
The Security Council strongly condemned yesterday’s terrorist attack in Afghanistan that claimed the life of former president Burhanuddin Rabbani and wounded several others.
Professor Burhanuddin Rabbani

Afghanistan: UN strongly condemns assassination of former president

20 September 2011
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) have voiced shock and sadness after learning of the deaths earlier today of Burhanuddin Rabbani, the former president who has been spearheading recent peace and reconciliation efforts within the country, and several colleagues in an apparent suicide attack.