Afghan Minister of Foreign Affairs, Rangin Dadfar Spanta (CR) talks to Indian Foreign Secretary of Ministry Of External Affairs, Shivshankar Menon (CL) during an official meeting at the Afghan Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Kabul on July 13, 2008. Shivshankar Menon arrived in the Afghan capital Kabul to visit with Afghan officials. Getty Images logo Getty Images 19 months ago

Afghan Minister of Foreign Affairs, Rangin Dadfar Spanta (CR) talks to Indian Foreign Secretary of Ministry Of External Affairs, Shivshankar Menon (CL) during an official meeting at the Afghan Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Kabul on July 13, 2008. Shivshankar Menon arrived in the Afghan capital Kabul to visit with Afghan officials.

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  2. Pakistani Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi, center, arrives with his counterparts Iran's Manouchehr Mottaki, left, and Afghanistan's Rangin Dadfar Spanta, right, for a meeting in Islamabad, Pakistan, Saturday, Jan. 16, 2010. The foreign ministers were meeting in the Pakistani capital to discuss range of issues like extremism, terrorism, bilateral and regional security matters.
  3. Britain's Foreign Secretary David Miliband (C) listens as he sits with UN special envoy to Afghanistan Kai Eide (R) and Afghan Foreign Minister Rangin Dadfar Spanta at a news conference after the "Afghanistan: The London Conference" in London January 28, 2010. The Kabul government on Thursday invited Taliban leaders to a peace council of elders in a step toward resolving the Afghanistan conflict and called on Saudi Arabia to help in the quest for peace.
  4. Delegates and officials pose for a family photograph at the beginning of the 'Afghanistan: The London Conference' in Lancaster House, central London January 28, 2010. Front row (L-R), incoming Afghan foreign minister Zalmay Rasoul, Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for Afghanistan Kai Eide, the Aga Khan, Afghan President Hamid Karzai, British Prime Minister Gordon Brown, U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, incumbent Afghan Foreign Minister Rangin Dadfar Spanta, and Britain's Foreign Secretary David Miliband. The international community must aim to turn the tide in Afghanistan by the middle of next year, British Prime Minister Gordon Brown said on Thursday.
  5. Delegates and officials pose for a family photograph at the beginning of the 'Afghanistan: The London Conference' in Lancaster House, central London January 28, 2010. Front row (L-R), Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for Afghanistan Kai Eide, the Aga Khan, Afghan President Hamid Karzai, British Prime Minister Gordon Brown, U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and incumbent Afghan Foreign Minister Rangin Dadfar Spanta Afghan President Hamid Karzai said on Thursday he would hold a council of elders in what could could be a first step towards bringing Taliban insurgents into a political settlement of the conflict.
  6. Delegates and officials pose for a family photograph at the beginning of the 'Afghanistan: The London Conference' in Lancaster House, central London January 28, 2010. Front row (L-R), incoming Afghan foreign minister Zalmay Rasoul, Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for Afghanistan Kai Eide, the Aga Khan, Afghan President Hamid Karzai, British Prime Minister Gordon Brown, U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, incumbent Afghan Foreign Minister Rangin Dadfar Spanta, and Britain's Foreign Secretary David Miliband. The international community must aim to turn the tide in Afghanistan by the middle of next year, British Prime Minister Gordon Brown said on Thursday.
  7. Delegates and officials pose for a family photograph at the beginning of the 'Afghanistan: The London Conference' in Lancaster House, central London January 28, 2010. Front row (L-R), incoming Afghan foreign minister Zalmay Rasoul, Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for Afghanistan Kai Eide, the Aga Khan, Afghan President Hamid Karzai, British Prime Minister Gordon Brown, U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, incumbent Afghan Foreign Minister Rangin Dadfar Spanta, and Britain's Foreign Secretary David Miliband. The international community must aim to turn the tide in Afghanistan by the middle of next year, British Prime Minister Gordon Brown said on Thursday.
  8. Front row from left to right, incoming Afghan foreign minister Zalmay Rasoul, Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for Afghanistan Kai Eide, the Aga Khan, Afghan President Hamid Karzai, British Prime Minister Gordon Brown, U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, incumbent Afghan Foreign Minister Rangin Dadfar Spanta, and British Foreign Secretary David Miliband, pose for a group photograph with other delegates, including U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, standing behind Karzai, in London, Thursday, Jan. 28, 2010. Major world powers opened talks Thursday seeking an end to the grinding conflict in Afghanistan, drafting plans to hand over security responsibilities to local forces and quell the insurgency with an offer of jobs and housing to lure Taliban fighters to renounce violence.
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  11. Front row from left to right, Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for Afghanistan Kai Eide, the Aga Khan, Afghan President Hamid Karzai, British Prime Minister Gordon Brown, U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and incumbent Afghan Foreign Minister Rangin Dadfar Spanta pose for a group photograph at the start of the Afghanistan Conference in London, Thursday, Jan. 28, 2010. Major world powers opened talks Thursday seeking an end to the grinding conflict in Afghanistan, drafting plans to hand over security responsibilities to local forces and quell the insurgency with an offer of jobs and housing to lure Taliban fighters to renounce violence.
  12. Front row from left to right, Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for Afghanistan Kai Eide, the Aga Khan, Afghan President Hamid Karzai, British Prime Minister Gordon Brown, U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and incumbent Afghan Foreign Minister Rangin Dadfar Spanta pose for a group photograph at the start of the Afghanistan Conference in London, Thursday, Jan. 28, 2010. Major world powers opened talks Thursday seeking an end to the grinding conflict in Afghanistan, drafting plans to hand over security responsibilities to local forces and quell the insurgency with an offer of jobs and housing to lure Taliban fighters to renounce violence.
  13. British Foreign Secretary David Miliband (L) talks with Afghanistan's former Foreign Minister Rangin Dadfar Spanta during a Friends and Neighbors of Afghanistan meeting in Istanbul January 26, 2010.
  14. Afghanistan's Foreign Minister Rangin Dadfar Spanta (L) talks with his Danish counterpart Per Stig Moeller (R) while Germany's Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle (C) looks on at the start of a NATO foreign ministers meeting at the Alliance headquarters in Brussels December 4, 2009. U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said she was confident allies would support U.S. calls for more troops in Afghanistan, as she arrived for a NATO meeting on Friday, but acknowledged that some may not yet be ready politically to go public.
  15. Afghanistan's Foreign Minister Rangin Dadfar Spanta (L) talks with his German counterpart Guido Westerwelle (R) at the start of a NATO foreign ministers meeting at the Alliance headquarters in Brussels December 4, 2009. U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said she was confident allies would support U.S. calls for more troops in Afghanistan, as she arrived for a NATO meeting on Friday, but acknowledged that some may not yet be ready politically to go public.
  16. Afghanistan's Foreign Minister Rangin Dadfar Spanta (L) talks with NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen (R) at the start of a NATO foreign ministers meeting at the Alliance headquarters in Brussels December 4, 2009. U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said she was confident allies would support U.S. calls for more troops in Afghanistan, as she arrived for a NATO meeting on Friday, but acknowledged that some may not yet be ready politically to go public.

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