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Special Representative Ján Kubiš.
UNAMA/Fardin Waezi

Afghanistan: following deadly blast, UN mission calls on Taliban to halt use of improvised explosive devices

20 October 2012
Following the deaths of at least 18 women, the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) today called on the Taliban leadership to publicly reiterate a ban on landmine-like improvised explosive device (IEDs) and to stop their use.
Special Representative for Children and Armed Conflict Leila Zerrougui.
UN Photo/Violaine Martin

UN envoy voices concern at possible child deaths in Afghan airstrike

16 October 2012
A senior United Nations official today voiced grave concern regarding reports that three children may have been among those killed during an airstrike by international military forces in southern Afghanistan.
Afghanistan is one of the most vulnerable countries in the world to the impacts of climate change.
Anssi Kullberg

UN environmental agency to help Afghanistan combat effects of climate change

11 October 2012
The United Nations is to help Afghanistan combat the effects of climate change, teaming up with the country’s Government to implement a $6 million initiative that aims to operate in vulnerable communities and shore up the ability of Afghan institutions to independently address risks posed by changes to the climate, the world body’s environmental agency announced today.
Ján Kubiš, the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Afghanistan.
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Afghanistan on track to building post-2014 future, says UN envoy

9 October 2012
Despite the impending drawdown of international forces and chronic challenges in governance and security, Afghanistan remains on the path to a hopeful future, the United Nations envoy to the country said today.
Afghan women bargain with a rickshaw driver in the city of Herat.
UNAMA/Fraidoon Poya

UN welcomes statement by Afghanistan confirming ‘running away’ is not a crime

3 October 2012
The United Nations today welcomed a public statement by Afghan officials clarifying that it is not a criminal offence for women and girls to ‘run away,’ stressing that official declarations like this can go a long way in protecting those who are forced to flee their homes to escape violence.