Thursday, January 07, 2010

Warning from UN's head in Afstan

From Foreign Policy's AfPak "Daily brief":
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Outgoing top U.N. envoy in Afghanistan Kai Eide yesterday told the U.N. Security Council in his final formal address to the body that "we will fail" if the strategy there relies too heavily on military force, and encouraged the reconciliation process between Afghans and members of the Taliban, while warning of "negative trends" in the country (Wash Post, NYT, BBC, AP). Eide, stepping down in March, was harshly criticized for his handling of the fraud-riddled Afghan presidential election in August 2009 [more here]...
Here's the website of the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA).

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