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Parliamentary elections complete a new political transition
📅 18 Sèptèmber 2005Afghans voted in parliamentary and provincial council elections, the first fully representative legislature in three decades. The UN reported about 6.4 million voters and a 25 percent women’s seat...
Airstrikes in Bala Baluk cause mass civilian casualties
📅 4 Mei 2009U.S.-led airstrikes in Gerani, Bala Baluk district, killed civilians during fighting with Taliban forces. UNAMA attributed 63 deaths; the Afghan human rights commission reported a higher toll. The...
UNAMA reports increased civilian deaths in 2009
📅 13 Yanüari 2010UNAMA reported 2,412 conflict-related civilian deaths in 2009, a 14 percent rise from 2008. It attributed most deaths to armed opposition groups, while documenting civilian harm by all parties. The...
Operation Moshtarak drives displacement from Marjah
📅 13 Febrüari 2010Afghan and international forces launched Operation Moshtarak to retake Marjah and assert state authority. UN agencies later estimated about 27,700 people displaced from Marjah and Nad Ali since 8...
Consultative Peace Jirga opens in Kabul
📅 2 Yüni 2010Afghan delegates gathered for a three-day Consultative Peace Jirga to discuss a path toward ending the conflict. The process showed Afghan efforts to shape negotiations, though women and other...
Suicide attack targets Hazara protest in Kabul
📅 23 Yüli 2016Two suicide bombers struck a peaceful Enlightenment Movement protest in Deh Mazang Square. UNAMA recorded 85 civilians killed and 413 injured, nearly all Hazara and mostly Shia. The protesters opposed...
Government and Taliban begin a rare Eid ceasefire
📅 15 Yüni 2018The government and Taliban observed a three-day Eid ceasefire from 15 to 17 June. Fighters and civilians met publicly. The pause reflected public demand for peace but did not end the war.
UNAMA documents 3,035 civilian deaths in 2020
📅 23 Febrüari 2021UNAMA and the Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commission recorded 3,035 civilian deaths and 5,785 injuries in 2020. Anti-government elements caused the majority of casualties, while...
UNAMA warns civilian casualties are surging
📅 26 Yüli 2021UNAMA’s midyear update documented 5,183 civilian casualties in the first half of 2021, including 1,659 killed and 3,524 injured, a 47 percent increase from the same period in 2020. Casualties rose...
Taliban bar Afghan women from working for the United Nations
📅 4 April 2023The de facto authorities notified the United Nations that Afghan women could no longer work for the organization in Afghanistan. The order extended the December 2022 NGO ban. The UN said female...
Security Council adopts Resolution 2681 on women’s UN work ban
📅 27 April 2023The UN Security Council unanimously adopted Resolution 2681, condemning the Taliban ban on Afghan women working for the United Nations and calling for women’s full, equal and meaningful participation....
UNAMA documents violations against former officials and security forces
📅 22 Ougùstùs 2023A UNAMA report covering August 2021 through June 2023 documented at least 800 instances of extrajudicial killing, arbitrary arrest and detention, torture and ill-treatment, and enforced...
Security Council requests a special envoy for Afghanistan
📅 29 Desèmber 2023Resolution 2721 requested a special envoy with human-rights and gender expertise following an independent assessment. It called for consultation with Afghan women and civil society while retaining...
Taliban publish Law on Propagation of Virtue and Prevention of Vice
📅 21 Ougùstùs 2024The de facto authorities published a morality law codifying rules that restrict women’s dress, movement, speech and public presence and empower morality inspectors. The law formalized and expanded...
Women barred from studying at medical institutes
📅 2 Desèmber 2024Afghanistan’s de facto Ministry of Public Health verbally directed medical institutes that female students would not be allowed to attend classes beginning 3 December. UNAMA reported the instruction...
UNAMA reports on enforcement of the morality law
📅 10 April 2025UNAMA published a six-month review of the morality law’s implementation, enforcement and impact. Based on monitoring across Afghanistan, it described inspectors’ growing role and the law’s effects...
Afghan women barred from entering UN premises
📅 7 Sèptèmber 2025Taliban authorities barred Afghan women, including UN employees, contractors and visitors, from UN premises nationwide. The UN warned the restriction threatened humanitarian work.
Nationwide internet and telecommunications shutdown
📅 29 Sèptèmber 2025Internet and mobile service were cut nationwide on 29 September after provincial fiber-optic restrictions. UNAMA warned of harm to the economy and humanitarian operations.
UNAMA warns of rights risks for involuntary returnees
📅 10 Desèmber 2025UNAMA warned involuntary returnees faced human rights risks, especially women, former officials, civil society members and media workers. Large-scale returns strained communities and services.
Pakistan airstrikes cause civilian casualties in Afghanistan
📅 22 Febrüari 2026UNAMA reported civilian casualties from Pakistani airstrikes on 21–22 February, including a strike on a madrassa in Barmal district, amid escalating cross-border hostilities.
UNAMA records 146 civilian casualties in border clashes
📅 3 Mart 2026UNAMA reported 146 civilian casualties—42 killed and 104 injured—from 26 February to 2 March amid clashes and airstrikes, with eastern border communities especially exposed.
Airstrike hits Kabul addiction-treatment hospital
📅 16 Mart 2026An airstrike hit Kabul’s Omid Drug Rehabilitation Hospital. UNAMA later reported at least 269 killed and 122 injured, mostly patients; Pakistan said it targeted terrorist and military infrastructure.
Security Council extends UNAMA mandate for three months
📅 16 Mart 2026Security Council Resolution 2818 extended UNAMA’s mandate until 17 June 2026. The short extension kept the UN mission operating while the Council continued negotiating its role amid conflict and...
Herat protest against women’s arrests ends in lethal force
📅 9 Yüni 2026After at least 30 women were arrested in Herat over alleged dress-code violations, residents protested on 9 June. UNAMA said security forces killed a boy and injured several others.
Security Council renews UNAMA mandate for one year
📅 15 Yüni 2026Resolution 2822 extended UNAMA until 17 June 2027 and requested a strategic review of the mission. The Council renewed its presence amid a worsening Afghanistan–Pakistan conflict, humanitarian needs...
Pakistan airstrikes kill civilians in three Afghan provinces
📅 28 Yüni 2026UNAMA confirmed 28 civilians killed and 49 injured in Pakistani airstrikes in Paktya, Paktika and Kunar. Pakistan acknowledged the strikes.
UNAMA documents rights abuses and hijab enforcement in Herat
📅 28 Yüli 2026UNAMA reported on human rights, cross-border civilian casualties and enforcement of hijab requirements in Herat for April–June 2026.
UNAMA report centers victims of decades of armed conflict
📅 1 Sèptèmber 2026UNAMA said survivors of decades of conflict continued to face physical, psychological, social and economic harm, often without justice or assistance. It called for a victim-centered response.
UNAMA reports dozens of women detained over dress rules
📅 8 Òktober 2026UNAMA verified at least 52 women and one girl detained in Kabul and Herat from July to September over alleged dress-code violations. It reported abuse and likely underreporting.