KABUL - Relief aid provided by various United Nations agencies and Afghan partners has started to reach the nearly 4,000 families affected by last week’s flooding in eastern Afghanistan. “Hopefully, we will not have a big gap…

1 August 2010 - World Breastfeeding Week will be celebrated across Afghanistan from 1-7 August in a major campaign led by the Ministry of Public Health with the support of UNICEF, WHO and other health sector partners. The…

29 July 2010 - The Afghan National Army (ANA) airlifted today hundreds of people affected by flooding in eastern Afghanistan as United Nations and aid organizations prepare to deliver life saving aid to a region where many of…

29 July 2010 - Afghan officials have installed renewable energy and modern technology programmes in southern Afghanistan to ease the way some services are provided and to create job opportunities for young people. “We…

29 July 2010 - Download UNAMA's review of the week in stories and photos. UNAMA NEWS - UNAMA PHOTOS

28 July 2010 - Government authorities and aid agencies in eastern Afghanistan are gearing up to provide assistance to hundreds of people whose homes washed away or flooded following this morning’s incessant rainfall. “United…

27 July 2010 - The United Nations today underscored the need for all parties to the conflict in Afghanistan to ensure the protection of civilians, following reports of a large number of civilian deaths and injuries during a…

UNPOS delegation, led by SRSG Mahiga attended the 15th African Union Summit of Heads of State and Government in Kampala, from 24 to 28 July 2010.

The United Nations World Food Programme Executive Board has recently approved changes to its country portfolio which will allow it to better reach hungry vulnerable and malnourished people in Sierra Leone and support the…

27 July 2010 - UNAMA is deeply concerned about reports of civilian casualties in Rege in Helmand Province on 23 July. It is essential that the current ISAF-Afghan Government investigation be completed in a thorough…

26 July 2010 - More than 20,000 volunteers and health workers are going house-to-house to administer two drops of the oral polio vaccine to children under the age of five in 14 provinces of Afghanistan. The three-day campaign…

26 July 2010 - As the first step towards conducting a research project to better understand the development outcomes of demining, MACCA/DMC hosted a training workshop this month. English - Dari - Pashto