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UN Security Council will make Afghan, Pakistan mission
United Nations, Oct 07: The UN Security Council announced today it will send a diplomatic mission to Afghanistan at the end of the month for a first-hand look at efforts to rebuild the war-battered country.
United Nations, Oct 07: The UN Security Council announced today it will send a diplomatic mission to Afghanistan at the end of the month for a first-hand look at efforts to rebuild the war-battered country.
Germany's UN ambassador Gunter Pleuger will lead the mission from October 31 to November 8, which is aimed at stressing the international community's "unwavering commitment" to the peace and reconstruction process.
The council said it will also visit Islamabad at the invitation of the Pakistan government. The first such mission since the ouster of the Taliban two years ago comes as the Afghan government has been complaining of increasing cross-border incursions from al-Qaeda and Taliban elements coming from Pakistan.
US troops clashed with around 15 militants in insurgency-hit southeastern Afghanistan at the weekend, killing one attacker before the rest fled towards Pakistan, the US Army said today. Ten of the 15 council nations are sending their UN ambassadors on the mission, including US ambassador John Negroponte, Britain's Emyr Jones Parry, Sergey Lavrov of Russia and Pakistan's UN envoy Munir Akram.
The council said the mission was meant to "convey a strong message to regional and factional leaders about the need to reject all violence."
Bureau Report
The council said it will also visit Islamabad at the invitation of the Pakistan government. The first such mission since the ouster of the Taliban two years ago comes as the Afghan government has been complaining of increasing cross-border incursions from al-Qaeda and Taliban elements coming from Pakistan.
US troops clashed with around 15 militants in insurgency-hit southeastern Afghanistan at the weekend, killing one attacker before the rest fled towards Pakistan, the US Army said today. Ten of the 15 council nations are sending their UN ambassadors on the mission, including US ambassador John Negroponte, Britain's Emyr Jones Parry, Sergey Lavrov of Russia and Pakistan's UN envoy Munir Akram.
The council said the mission was meant to "convey a strong message to regional and factional leaders about the need to reject all violence."
Bureau Report