KABUL, Nov. 25 (Xinhua) -- The visiting fact finding
mission of United Nations Security Council assured that UN would continue
support to the war-battered Afghanistan, a press release of Afghan Foreign
Ministry received here Tuesday said.
"We are here to support the people and the government of Afghanistan. The
United Nations would continue to back Afghanistan in the fields of security,
democracy, war on drug and terrorism," head of the 15-member delegation Giulio
Terzi Sant Agata assured Afghan Foreign Minister Rangin Dadfar Spanta on Monday.
At the meeting, Afghan Foreign Minister briefed the delegation about the
situation in Afghanistan, relations with Pakistan and the war on terror in the
region.
The delegation which was headed by Ambassador Giulio Terzi of Italy and
attended by UN ambassadors and representatives from 14 other countries would
held meeting with Afghan leaders including President Hamid Karzai and civil
bodies representatives during its stay in the war-torn country.
UNSC's tour is taking place in the wake of increasing Taliban-related
insurgency and Afghans' complains that both Afghan government and the
international community have failed to ensure security and alleviate poverty in
the post-Taliban central Asian state.
Earlier on Monday, U.S. envoy to United Nations Zalmai Khalilzad told a
group of Afghan intellectuals that both the UN and the United States are
concerned about the situation in the post-Taliban nation.
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An Afghan policeman walks near the site
of a roadside bombing on the outskirts of Kabul November 24, 2008. A
civilian was wounded in the bombing, local media reported. (Xinhua/Reuters
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UNSC fact finding mission arrives in
Afghanistan
KABUL, Nov. 24 (Xinhua) --
A fact finding mission sent by the United Nations Security Council has arrived
in Afghan capital Kabul to assess the situation in the war-battered country,
United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) said in a statement
Monday. Full story
7 Taliban militants killed in
Afghanistan
KABUL, Nov. 24
(Xinhua) -- The U.S.-led Coalition forces killed seven armed Taliban fighters
during an operation to disrupt the Taliban's roadside bomb and foreign fighter
networks in Ghazni province of eastern Afghanistan on Sunday, said a Coalition
statement released here on Monday. Full story
Conflict leaves 25 insurgents dead in
Afghanistan
KABUL, Nov. 23
(Xinhua) -- Afghan troops and the U.S.-led Coalition forces during clashes with
the anti-government militants have killed at least 25 militants in the war-torn
country, official sources said on Sunday. Full story
U.S. President-elect assures support
to Afghanistan
KABUL, Nov. 23 (Xinhua) -- President-elect of the United
States Barack Obama assured his support to Afghanistan in an telephone
conversation with Afghan president Hamid Karzai on Saturday night,a statement
released by Afghan Presidential Palace Sunday said. Full story
