Afghanistan

Lakhdar Brahimi

Afghanistan: intensive diplomatic efforts underway at UN

10 November 2001
The United Nations Special Representative for Afghanistan, Lakhdar Brahimi, today said the country's neighbours had welcomed the reported general amnesty issued by the United Front following its capture of the key northern city of Mazar-i-Sharif.
Lakhdar Brahimi

Afghanistan: Brahimi says former King willing to play role in country's future

8 November 2001
Secretary-General Kofi Annan's Special Representative for Afghanistan, Lakhdar Brahimi, has indicated that the former King of Afghanistan is open to becoming involved in the country in the period ahead, a United Nations spokesman reported today.

With the onset of winter, UN agencies race to assist Afghans in dire need of aid

5 November 2001
With snow reported in parts of Afghanistan, United Nations aid agencies and their partners are racing to provide food and other relief supplies to vulnerable people in desperate need of assistance, UN officials said today.

Brahimi wraps up trip to Islamabad and heads to Tehran for talks on Afghanistan

2 November 2001
After holding talks with senior Pakistani officials in Islamabad, Secretary-General Kofi Annan's Special Representative for Afghanistan, Lakhdar Brahimi, headed for Tehran today to continue his consultations.
Kofi Annan and spokesman Fred Eckhard at news conference

Annan predicts expanded UN role in promoting broad-based Afghan Government

1 November 2001
Secretary-General Kofi Annan today said the United Nations could be given a greater role in helping Afghans to form a new and more inclusive government and stressed that the speedy end of the military strikes could enable the UN to expand its aid efforts.

Afghanistan: neighbours agree to facilitate UN delivery of relief supplies

1 November 2001
Afghanistan's northern neighbours have agreed to several measures that would improve the delivery of emergency supplies into the country as the humanitarian situation there remained "critical," the United Nations top relief coordinator said today.