U.N. Security Council envoys on Afghan visit

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KABUL: United Nations Security Council ambassadors and envoys arrived in Kabul on Monday for a three-day trip to assess the status of a $20 billion funding pledge to Afghanistan and meet with President Hamid Karzai.

The UN Security Council delegation, led by Ambassador Giulio Terzi of Italy, will assess efforts to improve security and rebuild a country, which has been in a state of war for almost three decades.

The delegation, which will also promote the role of the U.N. Assistance Mission in Afghanistan, set-up in 2002, will assess the implementation of the Paris funding pledges.



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