5 October 2009 - Press Release by UN-HABITAT Afghanistan on the occasion of World Habitat Day 2009. UN-HABITAT Afghanistan statement - UN Secretary-General Message - UN-HABITAT Executive Director Statement

3 October 2009 - The latest weekly programme produced in Dari and Pashto by UNAMA Radio is now online to listen to. The show - "Afghanistan Today" - is broadcast every Saturday morning on Radio Afghanistan. All UNAMA Radio…

Special Representative Ahmedou Ould-Abdallah has congratulated Somaliland officials on the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding on the way forward to holding presidential elections which had been previously postponed.

1 October 2009 - Students in Takhar province have been calling for peace though a poetry and drawing competition. More than fifty provincial authorities, teachers and students, civil society representatives and media attended…

30 September 2009 - A senior United Nations official in Afghanistan has appealed for an end to brutal attacks such as the one that killed a large number of civilians in Kandahar province, the fourth incident of its kind in as…

KABUL - I was dismayed to learn of yet another roadside blast yesterday in Maywand District, in Kandahar province. دری و پشتو The explosion resulted in the death of a high number of civilians, including women and children, as…

30 September 2009 - I was dismayed to learn of yet another roadside blast yesterday in Maywand District, in Kandahar province. پشتو و دری The explosion resulted in the death of a high number of civilians, including women and…

UNPOS participated from 27-30 September 2009 in an assessment mission to Addis Ababa, comprising consultants on Somalia Security Sector Assessment (SSA). The team held a series of separate meetings with various partners with…

30 September 2009 - The UN's top envoy in Afghanistan has delivered his latest briefing to the United Nations Security Council. Download full speech pdf

KABUL - The next several weeks will be critical for the future of Afghanistan, which is awaiting the final outcome of last month’s presidential election and the formation of a new government, the top United Nations envoy to…

29 September 2009 - The Mine Action Programme of Afghanistan has declared the four remaining Suspected Hazardous Areas in important archaeological areas of the World Heritage site in Bamyan free from mines and other Explosive…

KABUL - Afghan Foreign Minister Rangin Dadfar Spanta today called for revitalizing the sense of partnership and cooperation between Afghanistan and the international community, and said that despite irregularities the recent…