26 September 2012 - A UNAMA photographer is back in Kabul after showing, through his images, the everyday life of the Afghan people. The images were put on display from 14 to 22 September at a gallery in Melbourne. Click here…

NEWYORK - In his speech to the United Nations General Assembly’s high-level debate in New York yesterday, the President of Afghanistan, Hamid Karzai, highlighted his nation as a testament to the “benefits of multi-lateral…

NEW YORK - As the high-level debate at the United Nations General Assembly began today in New York, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said he was “profoundly concerned about continued violence” in Afghanistan and the Democratic…

KUNDUZ - The Kunduz Provincial Peace Committee, in collaboration with the United Nations, organized a poetry event under the title “Peace and National Unity Evening Poetry” at Kunduz University yesterday. Around 200…

PAKTYA - Tens of university students, members of the civil society and human rights activists staged a demonstration yesterday condemning the flogging of a 16-year-old girl by community elders and mullahs in Jaghuri district…

KANDAHAR - The outgoing governor of Helmand province, Mohammad Gulab Mangal, was given a heartfelt farewell, at a ceremony in Lashkar Gah yesterday, stated a Governor’s office press release. The ceremony was attended by high…

KANDAHAR - Hundreds of tribal elders and local representative of Zary district of Kandahar called upon insurgents to give up violence and join the peace process. Speaking at a gathering organized by the Kandahar Provincial…

KABUL - At a gathering in Kabul of Islamic scholars from around the world to shore up support for a peaceful Afghanistan. Listen to the audio | read the Transcript .

21 September 2012- The Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for Guinea-Bissau, Joseph Mutaboba, and the Special Representative of the President of African Union Commission, Ovidio Pequeno, held a joint press…

KABUL - Around 8 million children under five years of age were administered anti-polio drops during a three-day nationwide campaign in Afghanistan last week. The campaign started on 16 September 2012 and continued for three…

KABUL - Speakers from 30 countries and organizations stressed the need for an increased regional and international cooperation for peaceful solution of the ongoing conflict in Afghanistan. Otherwise, they warned at an…

Mogadishu, 22 September 2012 – The Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Somalia, Dr. Augustine P. Mahiga condemns the killing of Mustafa Haji Maalim, a Member of Parliament. According to initial reports, he was…