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United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres today announced the appointment of Denise Brown of Canada as his new Deputy Special Representative for the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in…

KABUL- The Afghan National Journalists Day was marked today in Kabul with a strong message in support of media freedom and solidarity with journalists in Afghanistan. Organized by the Afghanistan Journalist Centre, the event…

JALALABAD – Civilians must be protected from the effects of conflict, emphasized by participants at a UN-backed television roundtable in the eastern province of Nangarhar. Panelists in the discussion- representatives from the…

NEW YORK - The Security Council extended the mandate of the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) by unanimously adopting resolution 2460 (2019). UNAMA’S mandate will now run until 17 September 2019. Read…

The second most voted party was the Movement for Democratic Alternation (MADEM-G15) with 27 mandates, followed by the 21-term Social Renewal Party (PRS), Union for Change (UM) and Party for New Democracy (PND) with 1 mandate…

NILI – Building a culture of tolerance and no-violence strengthens communities, said participants at a UN-backed event in the central province of Daikundi. Religious scholars - including women - representing different…

No incident was reported and generally speaking the polls were peaceful with organizers, voters, civil society and international community hoping that they will definitively end the four-year political instability in the…

NEW YORK - The Secretary-General’s Special Representative for Afghanistan, Tadamichi Yamamoto, today briefed the Security Council on the situation in Afghanistan. Yamamoto highlighted key developments around peace efforts…

NEW YORK - The latest quarterly report by UN Secretary-General António Guterres on the situation in Afghanistan and the activities of the United Nations in the country is now available. The UN Security Council is scheduled to…

KUNDUZ - Empowering women to participate in public life and policy-making contributes to addressing inequalities and promotes diversity and inclusion, say panelists at UN-backed radio programmes in the country’s northeast…