NEW YORK - 18 August 2009 - Statement attributable to the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General on the deaths of UNAMA staff members in Kabul, Afghanistan The Secretary-General is deeply distressed by the news that two…

15 August 2009 - Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has strongly condemned Saturday morning's suicide car bombing in central Kabul that has reportedly killed at least seven people and injured dozens of others, days ahead of much…

18 August 2009 - I am shocked and greatly saddened to have learned that two of my staff members were among those killed in today’s suicide bombing on Kabul’s Jalalabad Road. پشتو و دری A third colleague has been wounded and…

KABUL - The top United Nations envoy in Afghanistan appealed today to all groups threatening violence in Afghanistan on Election Day to allow their fellow Afghans to choose their future leader. At a press conference in Kabul…

KABUL - Transcript of press conference by Kai Eide, Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General for Afghanistan. UN SRSG: The official campaign period for Thursday’s elections has now come to an end. And I…

I am shocked and greatly saddened to have learned that two of my staff members were among those killed in today’s suicide bombing on Kabul’s Jalalabad Road. A third colleague has been wounded and is currently being treated…

18 August 2009 - The top United Nations envoy in Afghanistan appealed today to all groups threatening violence in Afghanistan on Election Day to allow their fellow Afghans to choose their future leader. UNAMA Radio: Listen to…

18 August 2009 - In Afghanistan voting at the local community level has paved the way for thousands of small scale development projects in recent years. The National Solidarity Program (NSP) was founded on the principles of…

18 August 2009 - UNAMA has compiled a Media Kit for journalists reporting on the 2009 elections in Afghanistan. The kit features information on the UN, the Independent Election Commission, the Electoral Complaints Commission…

18 August 2009 - The candidate, clad in a simple salwar kameez, her head mostly hidden under a scarf, except for a tousle of thick black hair that deliberately manages to escape cover, enters a room filled with eager…

KABUL - Patience is probably the one thing the electorate will need on polling day, which is just three days away. Election officials say on average a person may take up to ten minutes to complete voting. A voter should first…

17 August 2009 - In a country where regime change has often been violent the appearance of incumbent President Hamid Karzai in a live televised debate must have come as a surprise to many Afghans. Last night the country tuned…