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===UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan===

===UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan===

{{See also|Rape of Afghanistan}}

{{See also|Rape of Afghanistan}}

[[File:KabulHasFallen.png|right|300px|thumb|The [[Fall of Kabul]], August 15, 2021.]]

[[File:KabulHasFallen.png|right|300px|thumb|The [[Fall of Kabul]], August 15, 2021.<ref>[https://www.politico.com/news/2021/08/15/biden-white-house-afghanistan-drawdown-505018 ‘Clearly botched’: Biden White House under assault on Afghanistan drawdown], By NATASHA KORECKI and CHRISTOPHER CADELAGO, ''[[Politico]]'', 08/15/2021</ref> ]]

As of June 2021, the UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (Unama) had approximately 1,164 staff in Afghanistan, 770 Afghan nationals, 298 international staff and 68 UN “volunteers.”  Trapped in Afghanistan under [[Taliban]] rule, the Afghan nationals reported that there was “no leadership across the system” and that national staff “are alone and petrified.”  Unama was established in 2002, a year after the [[9/11 attacks]], by Security Council Resolution 1401 to support the implementation of the Bonn Agreement, which provided a framework for Afghanistan until the country adopted a constitution. The agreement called for the UN “to assist in the formation of a national army and for the UN Representative to lend his Good Offices to facilitate post agreement implementation.” Afghanistan adopted its constitution in 2005 and Unama  retained a sizeable presence in the country afterward. The mission’s mandate was altered to “reflect the needs of the country,” and the mandate was extended for a year on Sept. 15, 2020, by Security Council Resolution 2543.

As of June 2021, the UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (Unama) had approximately 1,164 staff in Afghanistan, 770 Afghan nationals, 298 international staff and 68 UN “volunteers.”  Trapped in Afghanistan under [[Taliban]] rule, the Afghan nationals reported that there was “no leadership across the system” and that national staff “are alone and petrified.”  Unama was established in 2002, a year after the [[9/11 attacks]], by Security Council Resolution 1401 to support the implementation of the Bonn Agreement, which provided a framework for Afghanistan until the country adopted a constitution. The agreement called for the UN “to assist in the formation of a national army and for the UN Representative to lend his Good Offices to facilitate post agreement implementation.” Afghanistan adopted its constitution in 2005 and Unama  retained a sizeable presence in the country afterward. The mission’s mandate was altered to “reflect the needs of the country,” and the mandate was extended for a year on Sept. 15, 2020, by Security Council Resolution 2543.