Informes

This month’s update highlights children and armed conflict concerns and provides recommendations for the protection of children in the situations of Afghanistan, Democratic Republic of the Congo, and Mali, as well as targeted recommendations for the…

Minors are seen as the ideal way to smuggle and supply narcotics. By Azara Aziz Activists and officials in the Afghan province of Herat have warned that rising numbers of children are being recruited to work as drugs…

Our students are the first victims of the war" By Samihullah Paiwand GARDEZ, Afghanistan, Nov 30 (Reuters) - Afghanistan's worsening security has forced about 1,000 schools to close this year, more than double last year's total, adding to…

KAPISA - Afghan youth can play an essential role in raising awareness of women’s rights and contributing to a positive interpretation of women under Islam, according to participants at a UNAMA-backed forum in central Kapisa province. Around…

Develop Security Plan to Protect Embattled Minority (Kabul, November 21, 2016) – The Afghan government should develop a security plan to better protect minority Shia during high-profile public events, Human Rights Watch said today. On November 21,…

KABUL - The UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) condemns today’s attack at the Baqer-ul Ulom mosque in Kabul that killed at least 32 civilians and injured more than 50 others, many of them children. A suicide…

“I examined the mother, only to find out that she had carried her dead fetus for weeks,” said Alia Ayar, a UNFPA midwife providing obstetric emergency care in times of humanitarian crises around Afghanistan. “She suffered…

Kabul 20 November 2016 - As the number of Afghan refugees returning from Pakistan increases, health services are struggling to meet demand. Over 600 000 Afghans have returned from Pakistan this year - in October alone,…

GA/11858 GENERAL ASSEMBLY PLENARY SEVENTY-FIRST SESSION, 47TH MEETING (AM) Unanimously adopting its annual resolution in support of the Government and people of Afghanistan, the General Assembly today heard expressions of alarm over recent spikes in civilian casualties and the…

In Afghanistan, nine out of 10 children said they had to skip school because of work, according to ChildFund survey By Sebastien Malo NEW YORK, Nov 14 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Roughly a third of children in developing…