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Tuesday, 10 September 2002
UN warns on Afghan security
By empty (9/10/2002 issue of the CACI Analyst)
The United Nations special envoy to Afghanistan, Lakhdar Brahimi, has said that insecurity in the country remains a major concern threatening to undermine the peace process and the transitional government. Mr Brahimi told a conference at the United Nations that many Afghans still felt that they were at the mercy of local commanders or armed groups. Rival factions clashed in the Afghan city of Khost over the weekend, leaving at least 15 people dead, just days after a failed assassination attempt on President Hamid Karzai, in the city of Kandahar.
The United Nations special envoy to Afghanistan, Lakhdar Brahimi, has said that insecurity in the country remains a major concern threatening to undermine the peace process and the transitional government. Mr Brahimi told a conference at the United Nations that many Afghans still felt that they were at the mercy of local commanders or armed groups. Rival factions clashed in the Afghan city of Khost over the weekend, leaving at least 15 people dead, just days after a failed assassination attempt on President Hamid Karzai, in the city of Kandahar. The outgoing UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Mary Robinson, said that human security remained the most pressing issue in Afghanistan today. (BBC)