Latest Afghanistan United Nations News
- Afghanistan's readiness to vote debated 25 Jul 2008 17:59 GMT
... Following a timetable set by Afghanistan's constitution, authorities have promised presidential and provincial ... Khalilzad - the U.S. representative to the United Nations - are viewed as serious contenders, though ... go ahead. That view also remains the UN's official position. UN spokesman Dan Norton said ...
- Afghan civilian airstrike deaths probed 25 Jul 2008 16:54 GMT
... alone, officials say Hospital workers in Jalalabad, Afghanistan, carry an injured boy out of a van ... to an absolute minimum," said the spokesman, Humayun Hamidzada. An estimated 698 civilians were killed ... during the same period last year, the United Nations says. Of those, 255 were killed by ...
- Congress finally acts 25 Jul 2008 16:46 GMT
... cruelly extends soldiers’ tours in Iraq and Afghanistan and admits felons and other less-than-qualified applicants ... legacy was destroyed after lying to the United Nations about Saddam Hussein’s mythical weapons of ...
- GLOBAL: Humanitarian futures (part 2) - "the crisis of humanitarianism" 25 Jul 2008 15:19 GMT
... are based on 12 case studies from Afghanistan, Burundi, Colombia, the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), ... team consulted donor governments such as Norway, UN agencies and non-governmental organisations (NGOs). A connection between ...
- U.S. expands visa program for Iraqi allies 25 Jul 2008 09:33 GMT
... different program allowed only 500 Iraqi and Afghan translators to apply, and in 2006 the ... of waiting for a referral from the United Nations. Like the special immigrant visa program, ...
- U.S. airstrikes under scrutiny in Afghanistan 25 Jul 2008 07:32 GMT
... left, speaks at a news conference with Afghan President Hamid Karzai in Kabul on Thursday. ... during the same period last year, the United Nations says. Of those, 255 were killed ...
- Indian-origin judge is UNHRC chief 25 Jul 2008 07:28 GMT
... judge Navanethem Pillay has been named the United Nations' new human rights chief, despite some initial ... have access to and diplomats at the UN said the US had at one stage ... by 40 countries around the world, including Afghanistan, Nepal, Iraq, the U.S. and Sudan. However, ...
- NATO will not hunt Taliban in Pakistan, alliance's chief says 25 Jul 2008 06:59 GMT
... KABUL, Afghanistan - NATO will not enter Pakistan to ... was considering a wider mandate from the United Nations to go after militant sanctuaries inside Pakistan. ... drones, on militants' bases in Pakistan's mainly Pashtun tribal belt. ...
- NATO chief proposes regional approach for tackling Afghan security challenge 25 Jul 2008 06:58 GMT
... General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer (L) and Afghan President Hamid Karzai attend a news conference in ... innocent Afghan life," Scheffer said. According to UN figures, some 698 Afghan civilians died in the ...
- Indian-origin judge is new UN human rights chief 25 Jul 2008 06:36 GMT
... Indian-origin judge is new UN human rights chief DHARAM SHOURIE UNITED NATIONS, JULY 25 (PTI) Indian-origin ICC judge Navanethem ... by 40 countries around the world, including Afghanistan, Nepal, Iraq, the U.S. And Sudan. However, ...
- Indian-origin judge is the new UN human rights chief 25 Jul 2008 06:34 GMT
... Indian-origin judge is the new UN human rights chief United Nations, July 25: Indian-origin ICC judge Navanethem Pillay ... by 40 countries around the world, including Afghanistan, Nepal, Iraq, the US and Sudan. However, ...
- Zimbabwean Jews holding steady, despite crisis 25 Jul 2008 06:34 GMT
... alternatives, cajoling allies, taking conflicts to the United Nations, convening conferences, issuing, repeating and underlining warnings” ... point is that the U.S. barely has begun any of that talking, cajoling, proposing, etc., ... I do their commitment to stability in Afghanistan. Plainly, the Iranian regime, and the Iranian ...
- Asian HR body demands UN probe into detention of Pakistani woman at US base 25 Jul 2008 06:34 GMT
... Rights Commission (AHRC) has reportedly urged the United Nations to investigate the alleged detention of ... Sadeeqi at a US military base in Afghanistan for the past five years. The human ...
- Story ties Karzai to drug lords 25 Jul 2008 06:26 GMT
... that there is a corruption issue in Afghanistan, but we're working with the sovereign government," ... value of $4 billion, according to the United Nations. Afghan officials say that 20 of ...
- Indian-origin judge in new UN human rights chief 25 Jul 2008 05:54 GMT
... Indian-origin judge is the new UN human rights chief United Nations, July 25: Indian-origin ICC judge Navanethem Pillay ... by 40 countries around the world, including Afghanistan, Nepal, Iraq, the US and Sudan. However, ...
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