KABUL, April 9 (Xinhua) -- The newly appointed UN Secretary General's special representative to Afghanistan Kai Eide emphasized Wednesday that military alone would not lead to durable stability in the war-torn country.

    "Another important thing I can repeat is that progress and solution to the problem of Afghanistan cannot and will not rest with military forces, it has to be a political solution," Eide told newsmen at his first press conference here.

Newly appointed United Nations secretary general's special representative to Afghanistan Kai Eide speaks at a press conference in Kabul, capital of Afghanistan, April 9, 2008. Kai Eide emphasized Wednesday that military alone would not lead to durable stability in the war-torn country.(Xinhua Photo/Zabi Tamanna) Photo Gallery>>>

    To a query on talks between Afghan government and Taliban outfit, the UN envoy stressed that such agenda must be lead by Afghan government.

    "I would like to emphasize one thing that such agenda must be an agenda led by Afghan government," he added.

    Moreover, he stressed if such a process was underway, "I must say we are of course available to the Afghan government and is one element of the mandates of Security Council has given."

    Eide, a veteran Norwegian diplomat, who was appointed as the special UN envoy to Afghanistan on March 10, called for closer coordination of international efforts in the war-torn nation.

    "Our coordination must be problem-solving, it must be and delivery-oriented and capacity building inside Afghanistan," he underlined.

    "I will take seriously my mandate with regard to civil-military coordination but I would never do that in a way that compromises the impartiality of UN and the unique role that has to play in the political and civilian fields," he said.

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