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India helped break Bonn deadlock
India was among the countries that helped break a deadlock over the formation of the new interim government in Afghanistan, US Special Representative to the Afghan Opposition Ambassador James Dobbins has said.
India was among the countries that helped break a deadlock over the formation of the new interim government in Afghanistan, US Special Representative to the Afghan Opposition Ambassador James Dobbins has said.
UN Special Representative Lakhdar Brahimi called on international observers from India, US, Russia, Germany and Iran to resolve the crisis after differences arose among the Afghan factions meeting at Bonn over the number of seats to be allocated to each constituent. The representatives spent an hour and a half talking to the Northern Alliance representatives which resulted in an agreement which was "embodied in the text signed six hours later", Dobbins told reporters in Washington on Friday. Speaking on the occasion, Director of Policy Planning and US Coordinator for the future of Afghanistan Richard Haass said that the first goal of the US was continuation of the war "until we eliminate the Al Qaeda in its entirety as well as the Taliban leadership". Stating that the US was not going to run Afghanistan, Haass said its intention was to foster an environment conducive to the Afghans running their country peacefully.
Asked whether the US will ensure that Al Qaeda personnel and Taliban leadership did not leave Afghanistan to fight in Kashmir, Checqrhnya, Sinkiang or elsewhere, Haass said the effort of the coalition military was not to have these people leave but to bring them to justice.
Bureau Report
UN Special Representative Lakhdar Brahimi called on international observers from India, US, Russia, Germany and Iran to resolve the crisis after differences arose among the Afghan factions meeting at Bonn over the number of seats to be allocated to each constituent. The representatives spent an hour and a half talking to the Northern Alliance representatives which resulted in an agreement which was "embodied in the text signed six hours later", Dobbins told reporters in Washington on Friday. Speaking on the occasion, Director of Policy Planning and US Coordinator for the future of Afghanistan Richard Haass said that the first goal of the US was continuation of the war "until we eliminate the Al Qaeda in its entirety as well as the Taliban leadership". Stating that the US was not going to run Afghanistan, Haass said its intention was to foster an environment conducive to the Afghans running their country peacefully.
Asked whether the US will ensure that Al Qaeda personnel and Taliban leadership did not leave Afghanistan to fight in Kashmir, Checqrhnya, Sinkiang or elsewhere, Haass said the effort of the coalition military was not to have these people leave but to bring them to justice.
Bureau Report