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Nineteen people were killed and injured in Afghanistan last week, while views expressed by different countries and International Organization regarding Afghanistan showed that the country was still under their focuse.

At least 26 people were killed and 35 others wounded last week while different sources once again stressed the reopening of schools for girls above sixth grade and the formation of an inclusive government.

After enduring the ravages of decades of war, 50 young women from Afghanistan have found an opportunity in the neighboring Central Asia country, Kazakhstan. This special project, financed by the EU and implemented by the UNDP, brings all together 155 young women from Afghanistan to study at Universities in Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan.…

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On Thursday, the UN Security Council held a session to discuss the situation in Afghanistan. In the session, many of the participants called attention to the devastating earthquake, the hum

Statement by Ambassador James Kariuki at the UN Security Council briefing on Afghanistan

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The United Nations on Friday announced a new deputy special representative for Afghanistan, but it's unclear how soon the world body may replace its top official there. For now, the newly appointed political affairs deputy, German diplomat Markus Potzel, will be in charge of the U.N.'s political mission in Afghanistan, U.N.

Editor's note: Here is a fast take on what the international community has been up to this past week, as seen from the United Nations perch. UN human

The announcement came a day after Deborah Lyons ended her tenure as the UNs chief representative in Afghanistan, departing with a lament for a country that was reshaped by Taliban militants takeover last year.I could not have imagined, when I accepted this job, the Afghanistan that I am now leaving, she said in a statement Thursday, adding that my heart breaks for Afghan girls and women kept from school and work because of Taliban edicts.

Markus Potzel will be the United Nations' new deputy representative to Afghanistan. Between 2014 and 2016 he was Germany's ambassador to Kabul.