UNAMA Press Releases

18 January 2010 - This morning there have been coordinated insurgent attacks in several locations of Kabul city. While details remain unclear early reports indicate the involvement of numerous suicide bombers attacking…

6 January 2010 - The Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Afghanistan Kai Eide, briefs the UN Security Council. Full speech as delivered below. Mr. President, Mr. Secretary-General, Members of the Security…

KABUL - In the early morning of 27 December, ten Afghans were killed during a raid by Afghan and international military forces in Narang district of Kunar province. دری - پشتو Many details of the incident remain unclear…

28 December 2009 - The World Food Programme said it was deeply distressed to learn that one of its staff members was amongst the innocent victims of the suicide bombing in the southern city of Kandahar on Thursday 24 December…

KABUL - When Kai Eide started this job he had a two-year horizon - as had his predecessors. Kai Eide has asked the United Nations Secretary-General to start the process to identify his successor. This is not a question of…

KABUL - When Kai Eide started this job he had a two-year horizon - as had his predecessors. Kai Eide has asked the United Nations Secretary-General to start the process to identify his successor. This is not a question of…

KABUL - Statement attributable to the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General in support of the United States' Plan for Afghanistan as announced by President Barack Obama on 1 December 2009. The Secretary-General welcomes the…

KABUL - The proposal to host an international conference on Afghanistan on 28 January 2010 in London is a very timely initiative to allow for the holding of a high level dialogue on the post-electoral agenda in Afghanistan as…

NEW YORK - The proposal to host an international conference on Afghanistan on 28 January 2010 in London is a very timely initiative to allow for the holding of a high level dialogue on the post-electoral agenda in Afghanistan…

11 November 2009 - “More political will and less political exceptionalism” is required for the Security Council to be more effective in its critically important work of protecting civilians in situations of armed conflict…