UN Staff Killed During Attack in Northern Afghanistan

NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–1 April 2011 – United Nations personnel working in Afghanistan have been killed today after demonstrators attacked a UN compound in the country’s northern city of Mazar-i-Sharif.

The attack took place at an operations centre for the UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA), according to information released by the Secretary-General’s spokesperson.

The exact number of UN staff killed is not yet clear and UNAMA said it was working to ascertain all the…