Informes

Tensions with Pakistan Three developments provoked serious tensions with Pakistan at the beginning of the month. One was a reported infringement of the Afghan border by the Pakistan army following a despatch of its forces to the tribal areas in…

Program Description USAID/OTI's program goal in post-conflict Afghanistan is to support the process of recovery, rehabilitation and political development. Working with local and international partners, USAID/OTI's program is building citizen confidence in the progress of political development, empowering citizens to address…

State Dept issues report to Congress on women, children, refugees The Department of State has released a report to Congress stating that "progress is well underway" in improving opportunities for Afghan women to participate fully in political, economic and social life…

A/57/850-S/2003/754 General Assembly Fifty-seventh session Agenda item 37 Security Council Fifty-eighth year The situation in Afghanistan and its implications for international peace and security Report of the Secretary-General Summary The present report describes the continuing efforts by the Afghan Transitional Administration to implement the Bonn…

Executive Summary Afghanistan witnessed one of the largest repatriation movements in 2002, with more than 1.8 million refugees and some 600,000 internally displaced persons (IDPs) returning voluntarily to re-establish their lives. Afghanistan's Ministry of Refugees and Repatriation (MoRR), UNHCR and its…

Landmines claim the lives of 150 to 300 people in Afghanistan each month. Very often, victims are children-boys, especially, who tend livestock and are attracted to the strange objects they find in the fields. Adequate medical care is usually…

TALKING POINTS UNMACA Resumes Mine Action Activities All demining activities along the Kabul to Kandahar road have resumed following the suspension of operations on 22 May and are moving along at a fast pace thanks to a new technology, which is…

ECOSOC/6073 Discusses Transitions in Afghanistan, Sri Lanka, And Angola; Notes Lack of Focus on Natural Disasters (Reissued as received.) GENEVA, 14 July (UN Information Service) - The Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) this morning held a panel discussion on the transition from…

(Unofficial transcript) Good morning. I have been coming to Afghanistan regularly since 1999 when I was regional director for UNICEF for South Asia. In 2001 in September I went to Islamabad to cover Afghanistan and the neighbouring countries for UNICEF…

TALKING POINTS Ceasefire negotiated in Sholgara -- six die including one civilian Adelegation of the Multi Party Security Commission of the North, which left Mazar last Thursday for Sholgara District in Balkh to check out reports of fighting between Jamiat and…