This article is brought to you in association with the United Nations. After a surge in hostilities in Afghanistan over the past weeks, the UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) welcomed on Monday the Government’s announcement of a conditional ceasefire for the Eid al-Adha holiday and called on warring parties to use this “momentum” to put […]
UN mission welcomes Afghan government’s announcement of Eid holiday ceasefire
August 22, 2018 by Leave a Comment
Afghanistan: Bring ‘architects’ of latest ‘appalling’ suicide bombing to justice, says deputy UN mission chief
July 3, 2018 by Leave a Comment
This article is brought to you in association with the United Nations. In the wake of dozens of civilian deaths – the most recent, a suicide attack in Jalalabad on Sunday – a high-level United Nations representative on the ground called for “the architects of this appalling crime” to be brought to justice. The UN Assistance […]
LETTER FROM AFGHANISTAN: Elections serve up food for thought, for Afghan youth
June 18, 2018 by Leave a Comment
This article is brought to you in association with the United Nations. By Philip Smucker At the newly-established “50/50” fast food restaurant on the tree-lined streets of Herat, in the west of Afghanistan, business is brisk as deliveries are whisked away, on the back of motorbikes to hungry customers across the ancient city. But for the […]
