French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner, center, speaks during a press conference with the U.S. special representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan, Richard Holbrooke, left, and the top U.N. official in Afghanistan, Kai Eide, in Paris, Wednesday, Sept. 2, 2009. Holbrooke and 26 other international envoys face a touchy task in meetings Wednesday in Paris: how to rescue their costly effort to rebuild Afghanistan, after elections marred by alleged fraud and amid mounting bloodshed. AP Photo logo AP Photo 2 months ago

French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner, center, speaks during a press conference with the U.S. special representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan, Richard Holbrooke, left, and the top U.N. official in Afghanistan, Kai Eide, in Paris, Wednesday, Sept. 2, 2009. Holbrooke and 26 other international envoys face a touchy task in meetings Wednesday in Paris: how to rescue their costly effort to rebuild Afghanistan, after elections marred by alleged fraud and amid mounting bloodshed.

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  1. KABUL, AFGHANISTAN - NOVEMBER 18: U.S. General Stanley McChrystal (L), head of the U.S. and NATO forces in Afghanistan, arrives at the Kabul International airport before the arrival of Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on November 18, 2009 in Kabul, Afghanistan. This is her first trip to Afghanistan as U.S Secretary of State. Clinton will meet with Afghan President Karzai before he officially starts his second term of office.
  2. US special envoy for Afghanistan and Pakistan, Richard Holbrooke (L) speaks with France's Foreign Affairs Minister Bernard Kouchner, during a press conference on September 2, 2009 in Paris. Western troops cannot leave Afghanistan until the region has been made secure, French Bernard Kouchner said after a meeting with international envoys.'We want to bring our decisive support to the Afghan population, with projects linked to agriculture, health, and education,' Kouchner said after talks with US special envoy Richard Holbrooke and counterparts from 25 other countries and organisations.
  3. French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner, center, speaks during a press conference with the U.S. special representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan, Richard Holbrooke, left, and the top U.N. official in Afghanistan, Kai Eide, in Paris, Wednesday, Sept. 2, 2009. Holbrooke and 26 other international envoys face a touchy task in meetings Wednesday in Paris: how to rescue their costly effort to rebuild Afghanistan, after elections marred by alleged fraud and amid mounting bloodshed.
  4. French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner, right, at a press conference with the U.S. special representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan, Richard Holbrooke, left, in Paris, Wednesday, Sept. 2, 2009. Holbrooke and 26 other international envoys face a touchy task in meetings Wednesday in Paris: how to rescue their costly effort to rebuild Afghanistan, after elections marred by alleged fraud and amid mounting bloodshed.
  5. French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner, right, speaks during a press conference with the U.S. special representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan, Richard Holbrooke, left, in Paris, Wednesday, Sept. 2, 2009. Holbrooke and 26 other international envoys face a touchy task in meetings Wednesday in Paris: how to rescue their costly effort to rebuild Afghanistan, after elections marred by alleged fraud and amid mounting bloodshed.
  6. WASHINGTON - NOVEMBER 23: U.S. Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan Richard Holbrooke speaks during a briefing at the State Department November 23, 2009 in Washington, DC. Holbrooke briefed the media on State Secretary Hillary Rodham Clinton's recent trip to Afghanistan.
  7. France's Foreign and European Affairs minister Bernard Kouchner leaves the Elysee Palace after the weekly cabinet meeting, on October 7, 2009 in Paris.
  8. France's Foreign and European Affairs minister Bernard Kouchner addresses journalists as he leaves the Elysee Palace after the weekly cabinet meeting, on October 7, 2009 in Paris.
  9. France's Foreign and European Affairs minister Bernard Kouchner addresses journalists as he leaves the Elysee Palace after the weekly cabinet meeting, on October 7, 2009 in Paris.
  10. French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner looks on during his meeting with human rights advocates and activists of remedial fund 'Memorial' in Moscow on October 1, 2009. Kouchner is expected to discuss Medvedev's proposal for a new European security pact, an idea that has received a lukewarm response from Europe so far.
  11. French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner departs from his meeting with human rights advocates and activists of remedial fund 'Memorial' in Moscow on October 1, 2009. Kouchner is expected to discuss Medvedev's proposal for a new European security pact, an idea that has received a lukewarm response from Europe so far.
  12. French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner (L) talks during his meeting with human rights advocates and activists of remedial fund 'Memorial' in Moscow on October 1, 2009. Kouchner is expected to discuss Medvedev's proposal for a new European security pact, an idea that has received a lukewarm response from Europe so far.
  13. Afghan opposition candidate Abdullah Abdullah (R) shakes hands with United Nations chief Ban Ki-moon (C) as United Nation's special envoy to Afghanistan, Kai Eide (L, background) looks on prior to a meeting in Kabul on November 2, 2009. UN chief Ban Ki-moon flew into Kabul on November 2 to meet President Hamid Karzai over the Afghan election crisis with organisers to announce whether or not to scrap the poll after the only challenger pulled out. The surprise visit from Ban accompanied a diplomatic push to ensure the November 7 one-horse race does not take place, despite the initial insistence from some officials that it is too late to halt the process.
  14. Palestinian and UN vehicles take a flooded street following heavy rains in the al-Shati refugee camp in Gaza City on October 29, 2009. Hamas said it will ban the organisation of elections in its Gaza Strip stronghold after president Mahmud Abbas called for a vote in the Palestinian territories.
  15. UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon (C) meets with French senatorial delegation members, Senator of Val-d'Oise Robert Hue (2ndL), Senator of Morbihan Josselin de Rohan (2ndR), Senator of Meurthe-et-Moselle Daniel Renier (R) and Secretary General of the French Delegates for the 64th Session of the General Assembly Philippe Thiebaud (L), at the United Nations headquarters in New York, October 28, 2009.
  16. UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon (2ndL) meets with French senatorial delegation members, Senator of Val-d'Oise Robert Hue (L), Senator of Morbihan Josselin de Rohan (2ndR) and Senator of Meurthe-et-Moselle Daniel Renier, at the United Nations headquarters in New York, October 28, 2009.

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