Taliban arrest prominent advocate for girls' education in Afghanistan: UN mission
Kabul: The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) said on Tuesday that the Taliban movement, which is currently ruling in Afghanistan, have arrested a prominent activist fighting for girls’ rights to education.
Suspension of women’s education in Afghanistan is against Islamic values: Prominent Islamic Scholar
Kabul: Ahmed Mohamed Ahmed El-Tayeb, the Grand Imam of al-Azhar University, has described the recent decision taken by the Taliban government in Afghanistan to ban women from studying in universities as against Islamic principles.
Afghanistan: Taliban orders female UN staff to wear hijab
Kabul: Afghanistan's Taliban rulers issued yet another bizarre diktat as they directed female staff members of the UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) to wear the hijab, media reports said.
International bodies express concern over disappearance of Afghan women activists
Kabul: The European Union, Germany, Britain, the Netherlands, and the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) have voiced concerns over the fate of Afghan women activists who disappeared after participating in protests to demand fundamental rights for women, media reports said.
UN voices concern over deaths of women right activist Frozan Safi in Mazar-i-Sharif
The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) has expressed deep concern over the killing of activist Frozan Safi in Mazar-i-Sharif.
United Nations calls for ceasefire as 40 Afghan civilians killed in one day's fighting in Lashkagah
Moscow/UNI/SPUTNIK: The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) on Tuesday said that 40 civilians were killed and 118 injured over the past day only as the Taliban (a terrorist group, banned in Russia) and the Afghan government fight for the control of the city of Lashkagah.
Afghanistan witnesses 3458 civilian casualties in first half of 2020: UNAMA
New York: The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan said the first half of 2020 witnessed fluctuating levels of violence impacting civilians in Afghanistan, with the United Nations documenting 3,458 civilian casualties (1,282 killed and 2,176 injured).
New York/IBNS: Welcoming the preliminary results for Afghanistan’s presidential election on Sunday, the head of the United Nations mission in the country urged the authorities and all actors to “protect the integrity of the final stage of the process.”
Afghanistan people hold vigils for killed Japanese doctor
Kabu/IBNS: People in Afghanistan on Thursday held nationwide candlelight vigil prayer ceremony in remembrance of Dr. Tetsu Nakamura, the head of Japanese NGO Peace Japan Medical Services (PJMS), who was killed during an attack on him in Jalalabad city of the country recently.
UN condemns deadly attack one of its vehicles
New York/IBNS: A UN worker was killed and two people were injured when their vehicle was attacked in the Afghan capital, Kabul, on Sunday.
Afghanistan: Blast in Kabul leaves 1 foreign national dead
Kabul/IBNS: A blast in Afghanistan's Kabul city on Sunday left one foreign national killed, media reports said.
New York, Aug 8 (IBNS): The UN Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) has expressed outrage at a Taliban attack in Kabul, that led to “scores” of civilians casualties on Wednesday. In a Tweet, the Mission said that such “indiscriminate and disproportionate attacks in heavily populated civilian areas must stop”.
More than 1,500 Afghan civilians killed, injured in July: UN mission
Kabul, Aug 3 (IBNS): The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan on Saturday said more than 1,500 civilians were killed and injured in the country in July.
New York, May 27 (IBNS): The UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) expressed “grave concern” on Sunday over “credible accounts” it has been given that Taliban militants have been mistreating prisoners, which in some cases “may amount to torture”.
UNAMA concerned about civilian harm from increased violence during Ramadan
Kabul, May 13 (IBNS): The UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) expresses grave concern about the impact on civilians from the increase in violence around the country during the first week of the holy month of Ramadan.