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...Uzbek descent to rule over the Pashtuns?Afghanistan's largest ethnic group and the bedrock of Taliban support. And by rearming the warlords to hunt down al-Qaeda and the Taliban, the U.S. has also unwittingly helped fuel further conflict. According to U.N. special representative for Afghanistan Lakhdar Brahimi, "The war against terrorism creates its own problems. In particular, you have more arms. We're trying to face the problem of the old arms that were there, but while we're collecting arms there are more being distributed." One Karzai adviser ventures further: "The U.S. is creating mini armies around...
Much of the responsibility for postwar Afghanistan is expected to fall on the U.N. and its newly named envoy to Afghanistan, Lakhdar Brahimi. Bush, the Europeans, the Arab nations and Afghanistan's neighbors now say the international body should take the lead in postwar Afghanistan...
...Much of the responsibility for postwar Afghanistan is expected to fall on the U.N. and its newly named envoy to Afghanistan, Lakhdar Brahimi. Bush, the Europeans, the Arab nations and Afghanistan's neighbors now say the international body should take the lead in postwar Afghanistan...
...military strikes on Afghanistan intensified, with unconfirmed reports of 300 civilian deaths, diplomatic efforts focused on building a broadly representative post-Taliban government. Reports suggested that a final assault on Kabul was being delayed until the formation of such a coalition under the guidance of U.N. Special Representative Lakhdar Brahimi. With allied ground forces poised to enter the fray, British officials warned of a long military campaign - bad news for the millions of Afghans facing hunger and the prospect of yet more conflict to come. THE NETHERLANDS New Indictment The U.N. War Crimes Tribunal in the Hague handed down...