Expelled EU, U.N. officials leave Afghanistan
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A senior United Nations official and another from the European Union left Afghanistan on Thursday after the government ordered their expulsion, accusing both of holding talks with the Taliban and for paying cash to the group.
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KABUL, Afghanistan, Dec. 27 Afghanistan formally expelled a senior U.N. official and the acting head of the European Union's mission there for allegedly meeting with Taliban militants. via Earth Times
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The United Nations and France have begun mass evacuations of UN staff and foreign nationals following days of violence and looting in Ivory Coast, a UN spokesman said.
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NATO has assumed responsibility for security across the whole of Afghanistan, taking over from U.S.-led forces that toppled the Taliban regime five years ago.
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BERLIN, Dec 31  Germany left the UN Security Council today after an eventful two-year term but hopes it will soon win a permanent seat having secured support from at least four of its five members.
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A senior EU official and another from the United Nations left Afghanistan on Thursday after the Afghan government ordered their expulsion, accusing both of holding talks with the insurgent Taliban and for paying cash to the group.
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The Afghan government on Saturday announced the removal of the powerful governor of Herat, in western Afghanistan, one of the country&#39;s longest standing warlords.
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ELEANOR HALL: Foreign aid workers are reportedly leaving the country after two Italian aid workers were captured by insurgents in Baghdad yesterday.
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Afghan officials say three United Nations workers kidnapped on Oct. 28th in Kabul were freed late Monday in Kabul. The hostages were released late Monday and are in good condition, three Afghan officials
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Afghan President Hamid Karzai left for Germany Sunday to receive an award, his office said, just six days before his war-plagued nation will hold its first-ever direct presidential election.
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Afghanistan has ordered two foreign officials to leave the country for threatening national security, a presidential spokesman said, denying his earlier statement that the men had been arrested.
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ISLAMABAD: German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder left here Monday for Kabul at the end of his two-day official visit to Pakistan. He was seen off at the airport by Minister of State for Finance and Minister-in
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France is to withdraw its 200-strong special forces from Afghanistan, all of its ground troops engaged in the U.S anti-terror operation there, authorities announced Sunday.
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The Afghan government expelled two senior European diplomats Thursday on accusations they held unauthorized meetings with Taliban militants, officials said.
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The United Nations said on Wednesday  it had flown about 100 of its own and other agencies'  non-essential staff out of the main town of Sudan's war-torn  Darfur region, a day after the African Union said it could be  attacked.
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A diplomatic row erupted on Wednesday  between Afghanistan and key aid partners after Kabul ordered  the expulsion of a Briton and Irishman working for the EU and  the UN, accusing them of threatening state security.
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Up to 90,000 Afghans have been displaced by fighting between NATO-led forces and Taliban rebels in southern Afghanistan, the United Nations refugee agency has said.