KABUL - The World Bank's International Development Association (IDA) and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) have agreed to support US$1.6 billion in debt relief for the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan. Dari The Boards of…
LONDON - UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon told a conference on Afghanistan that the single biggest impediment to progress in the country is insecurity. Mr. Ban, who is co-hosting the London conference along with Afghan…
26 January 2010 - The Security Council Al-Qaida and Taliban Sanctions Committee approved the deletion (de-listing) of the five entries specified below from its Consolidated List. These de-listings are a result of the review…
NEW YORK - Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today announced his intention to appoint veteran diplomat Staffan de Mistura as the top United Nations envoy to Afghanistan, as he heads to London for an international conference aimed…
26 January 2010 - Afghan journalists in Kandahar have established the region’s first ever press club. The main purpose behind the formation of the club is to offer a place for journalists in Kandahar and in the south of…
Nairobi, 26 January 2010 – The UN Special Representative for Somalia, Ahmedou Ould-Abdallah, condemns yesterday's attack by extremists on a hospital behind Mogadishu's Airport run by the African Union Mission in Somalia…
Special Representative for Somalia, Ahmedou Ould-Abdallah, condemns yesterday's attack by extremists on a hospital behind Mogadishu's Airport run by the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM), killing in particular…
KABUL - The Mine Action Programme of Afghanistan has published details of mine action in the country last year. Statistics from 2009 show that 280 communities across Afghanistan were declared impact free between January to…
Nairobi, 25 January 2010 – The Special Representative of UN Secretary-General (SRSG) for Somalia, Ahmedou Ould-Abdallah, traveled today to Mogadishu along with Mr. Ramtane Lamamra, the African Union Commissioner for Peace and…