Ashdown blames Afghan politics for UN envoy veto
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Domestic Afghan politics were behind President Hamid Karzai's veto of Paddy Ashdown as the new United Nations envoy there, the senior British diplomat said Sunday.
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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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Iraqi Official Says UN Has Not Sent Enough Workers to Help With Balloting in Jan. Elections. Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari gives a news conference in Baghdad, Iraq, Wednesday, Oct 20, 2004.
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KABUL, Afghanistan - President Hamid Karzai's main challenger Monday backed off a boycott of Afghanistan's landmark election over allegations of fraud, saying he would accept the formation of an independent commission to look into any irregularities in the vote.    German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder, the first foreign leader to visit since Saturday's election, all but declared Karzai the winner before a single ballot was counted...
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The departing envoy had argued for giving locals more responsibility. Critics are pressing for a tougher approach.
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The U.S. ambassador to the United Nations said Monday it was "unfortunate" that civilians have been caught up in the NATO-led military operation in Afghanistan, calling war an imperfect science.
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6 December 2004 - On the eve of the inauguration of Afghanistan&#39;s first democratically elected President, United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan says that despite key political gains, the country faces broad security threats as coalition and other
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Britain's Paddy Ashdown says he has withdrawn his name from the list of possible UN envoys to Afghanistan.
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KABUL, Afghanistan - The chief rival of interim President Hamid Karzai said he has evidence of organized fraud in Afghanistan's election and accused the U.N.-Afghan electoral commission on Monday of ignoring his complaints.    Karzai, Afghanistan's stopgap president since the fall of the Taliban in 2001, had captured 62.6 percent of the 1.04 million ballots counted by Monday - about 13 percent of the vote...
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MPs express concern about the "tone and timing" of the Afghan president's comments about the UK.
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KABUL, June 23 -- Afghan President Hamid Karzai chastised U.S. and NATO-led troops Saturday for their "careless operations" and accused them of killing more than 90 civilians in the past 10 days, even as fresh reports emerged of more non-combatant deaths.
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Deputy leadership hopeful Hilary Benn today criticised  Russia and China for obstructing a concerted  international response to the Darfur crisis.
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KABUL, Afghanistan - All 15 candidates running against interim Afghan leader Hamid Karzai signed an agreement Saturday boycotting the vote because of what they say is widespread fraud, and say they will not recognize the election results.    The announcement was read out after a meeting of candidates and their representatives at the home of Abdul Satar Sirat, an Uzbek who is an ex-aide to Afghanistan's last king...
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KABUL, Afghanistan - The main opposition candidate in Afghanistan's first-ever presidential election backed off a boycott of the vote, saying Monday that he would accept the findings of an independent commission to look into alleged cheating.    Ethnic Tajik candidate Yunus Qanooni, considered the likely runner-up to interim President Hamid Karzai, made the announcement at his Kabul home on Monday, a day after two other candidates also peeled away from the boycott...
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Israel's ambassador to the United Nations on Sunday criticized France for &quot;doing terrorists a favor&quot; by pushing for the adoption of a UN resolution condemning an Israeli offensive in the Gaza Strip.
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The United States ambassador to Afghanistan denies allegations he is meddling in the country&#39;s first direct presidential election, to be held on October 9. US ambassador to Kabul, Zalmay Khalilzad, says that
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The main opponent of President Hamid Karzai in Saturday&#39;s elections in Afghanistan is backing off from a boycott of the vote-count.