KABUL, AFGHANISTAN – The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) on Thursday confirmed a security incident involving one of its staff members in Afghanistan’s central Bamyan province, saying the employee was unharmed.
In a written message to KabulNow, a UNAMA spokesperson said the incident occurred on Wednesday and that the mission was still gathering information to establish the full circumstances.
“We can confirm that a security incident involving a UN staff member was reported yesterday, and we are gathering information on this report,” the spokesperson stated. “The UN staff member was unharmed after the reported incident.”
Local sources earlier reported that armed assailants opened fire on a vehicle carrying Karim Karimi, a security official with UNAMA’s office in Bamyan, in Bamyan city on Wednesday. Images obtained by KabulNow showed damage to the vehicle, including a mark consistent with a bullet impact on the windshield and a shattered side window.
The incident comes about a week after the National Resistance Front (NRF) and the Afghanistan Freedom Front (AFF), two anti-Taliban armed groups, issued a joint statement warning of possible organized attacks against diplomatic missions and international organizations operating in Afghanistan.
The groups said intelligence they had received suggested that individuals within or linked to the Taliban’s security structures, in coordination with extremist networks, might be planning attacks against international institutions and interests in the country. They also alleged that those behind potential attacks could use the name of Islamic State or misleading aliases to conceal their identities and objectives.
The incident comes amid ongoing security concerns across Afghanistan. Despite the authorities’ claims of improved security, sporadic attacks, armed violence, mysterious killings and other violent crimes continue to be reported in various parts of the country.
