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Kabul, Feb 10 (JEN): At least five militants were killed as they attacked the police headquarters in Afghanistan's northeastern Kunduz province on Tuesday. more
Afghanistan: Taliban commander killed in drone strike

Kabul, Feb 9 (JEN): A Taliban commander has been killed during a US drone strike in Afghanistan, media reports said on Monday.

Afghanistan: UN-backed mine clearing project reports 34 killed during 2014

New York, Jan 16 (JEN) The United Nations-supported Mine Action Programme in Afghanistan (MAPA) has said on Thursday that while 2014 could prove to have been a major turning point in the cou ...

Afghanistan: Security Council backs agreement on new non-combat NATO mission

New York, Dec 13 (JEN) Amid ongoing violence in Afghanistan, the United Nations Security Council on Friday welcomed the agreement between the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) and t ...

Afghanistan: UN strongly condemns suicide bombing at volleyball match

New York, Nov 25 (JEN) A brutal terrorist attack which killed at least 50 civilians in Afghanistan over the weekend is an “atrocity” and may amount to a war crime, the top United Nations ...

UN deplores deliberate killing of civilians in Afghanistan's Farah province

New York, Sept 2 (JEN) The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) has strongly condemned the deliberate killing of 12 civilians in the western province of Farah for which t ...

Afghanistan: UN envoy praises international troops after deadly attack

New York, Aug 6 (JEN)A “tragedy” is how the top United Nations official in Afghanistan summed up an attack on international forces on Tuesday outside of Kabul in which a man wearing an A ...

Afghanistan: UN strongly condemns deadly attacks against civilians in Kabul, Paktika

New York, July 15 (JEN) UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and the United Nations mission in Afghanistan strongly condemned two attacks that took place on Tuesday, one in Kabul and the other i ...

UN condemns suicide attack in Afghanistan

New York, July 9 (JEN): The top United Nations official in Afghanistan on Tuesday condemned a suicide bombing in the central province of Parwan which killed at least 10 children and injured ...

Afghanistan needs statesmanship, not brinksmanship: UN envoy

New York, June 25 (JEN): Amidst challenges that are testing Afghanistan’s electoral, institutional and legal frameworks, together with the maturity of its political leaders, the top United ...