Afghanistan
Situation Reportedly, the general situation in the city has returned to how it was prior to the attack on 10 August. Residents move freely and markets and shops have reopened. The rehabilitation of the markets damaged during the fighting…
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Key issues in the past week: Fighting in Ghazni City has ended and humanitarian assistance is reaching residents. The number of people displaced by drought in the Western Region has surpassed 100,000. Humanitarian agencies provided assistance to more than…
Afghanistan
KABUL - The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) condemns the Kabul school attack that the Mission has now verified to have killed 40 students and injured 67, the majority of whom were young women…
Afghanistan
Instead of being a safe place for learning, schools in Afghanistan are increasingly turned into military, ideological and political battlefields. On July 1st, armed men attacked the Malikyar Hotak school in Nangarhar, a province in eastern Afghanistan.…
Afghanistan
On 15 August, 48 people were killed and 67 wounded in a suicide bomb attack against an education centre in Kabul city. The attack, allegedly claimed by Islamic State, is likely to have targeted the Shia…
Afghanistan
Key Messages Situation Afghan military forces have reportedly cleared the centre of Ghazni City, with house to house clearing operations ongoing. Fighting reportedly moved to the outskirts of the city, with Taliban fighters slowly withdrawing towards surrounding villages,…
Afghanistan
SG/SM/19168 16 AUGUST 2018 The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for UN Secretary‑General António Guterres: The Secretary‑General condemns in the strongest terms the suicide attack yesterday on an education centre in Kabul. According to reports, many…
Afghanistan
The attacker blew himself up inside a centre in Kabul that specialises in preparing teenagers for university entrance exams. Many school students are feared to be among 48 people killed and 67 injured when a suicide bomber…
Afghanistan
Statement attributable to Henrietta H.Fore, UNICEF Executive Director. KABUL/NEW YORK, 15 August 2018 – “UNICEF is gravely concerned about the growing violence across Afghanistan, especially over the past week, where children continue to be the hardest hit. “Today's…
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Highlights 486,796 total returns from Iran and Pakistan since 01 Jan 2018 465,352 total returns from Iran since 01 Jan 2018 21,444 total returns from Pakistan since 01 Jan 2018 23,008 undocumented Afghans returned from Iran 631 undocumented Afghans returned from…
