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The country was thus faced with the need to stop, review and reflect on their political and social history and design a new step in its full progress through a reconciliation process that was baptized - Paths to Peace and…

NEW YORK - On a round-the-world trip to promote peace that included cycling 7,000 miles from Istanbul, an Afghan father and son arrived Friday morning at United Nations Headquarters in New York, the final destination of the…

KUNDUZ - Afghanistan’s youth play a critical role in the development of a more peaceful and secure country, according to participants at a UNAMA-backed debate in Afghanistan’s northern city of Kunduz yesterday. Around 50…

The members of the Security Council condemned in the strongest terms the terrorist attack on 18 May 2016 against a convoy of the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA) near Aguelhok…

United Nations Security Council members on Thursday concluded a one-day visit to Somalia with a plea to the Federal Government to secure parliamentary approval of the country’s 2016 electoral model as soon as possible…

In light of resolutions A/ RES/70/262 and S / RES / 2282 (2016) on the review of the Peacebuilding architecture, PBC urges Member States to make good use of resources to ensure the continuity of ECOMIB, in order to help…

KABUL - With the movement of migrants and refugees continuing to dominate global headlines, a new edition of the Population Movement Bulletin issued by the UN in Afghanistan, provides updated information including the…

LASHKARGAH - A peaceful settlement of the decades-long conflict in Afghanistan will bring with it increased prosperity for the country said speakers at two UN-backed events held in the southern provinces of Helmand and…

KANDAHAR - The UN Country Team, led by UN envoy Mark Bowden, met this week in Kandahar with provincial governors along with civil society and other partners to assess the security, development, the humanitarian situation. The…

JALALABAD - Empowering journalists and strengthening a free press were key topics at a UN-backed event in Jalalabad recently, bringing together media professionals from across the eastern region. Nearly 30 Afghan journalists…