Afghanistan
4-year analysis of six grave violations against children in armed conflict (Sept 2010-Dec 2014) Monitoring and verification in most conflict-affected areas remains a challenge due to security constraints. The data presented is based on the Report of…
Afghanistan
23 August 2015 – The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) today condemned “in the strongest terms” yesterday's suicide attack in Kabul that killed 12 and injured at least 88 others, including 13 children and…
Afghanistan
They should be in school but family hardship forces them to spend their days earning money. It was midday on a baking hot summer day in the Afghan capital Kabul, and nine-year-old Breshna was chasing after cars…
Afghanistan
KEY MESSAGES Humanitarian response in the first half of 2015 has been shaped by intensification of the conflict resulting in 4,921 civilian casualties (1,592 civilian deaths and 3,329 injured) and a sharp increase in conflict-induced displacement (an…
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By freelance correspondent Danielle Moylan in Kabul In the hour before dawn, Kabul's streets, bustling by day, are empty, save for a handful of men riding bicycles to work and police officers at checkpoints. But there is one…
Afghanistan
SC/12003-AFG/442 SECURITY COUNCIL PRESS RELEASE The following Security Council press statement was issued today by Council President U. Joy Ogwu (Nigeria): The members of the Security Council condemned in the strongest terms the series of terrorist attacks in Kabul since…
Afghanistan
KABUL, 7 August 2015 – The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) condemns the killing today of at least eight civilians and the injuring of more than 200 in Kabul. “I condemn, in the strongest terms,…
Afghanistan
KANDAHAR, 30 July 2015 – Greater protection of women from violence and legal action against perpetrators of violence should be among the key benefits of Afghanistan’s Elimination of Violence Against Women (EVAW) law, according to panelists…
Afghanistan
Civilian casualties remain at record high levels in first half of 2015 KABUL, 5 August 2015 – The Afghan conflict continued to exact a heavy toll on Afghan civilians in the first six months of 2015, with…
Afghanistan
KABUL, 14 July 2015 – On behalf of the United Nations in Afghanistan, I condemn the attack targeting civilians gathered for Iftar at the Grand Mosque in Pul-e-Khomri, Baghlan province. The attack wounded more than 40…
