Afghan Minister of Foreign Affairs Rangin Dadfar Spanta, right, speaks to Kai Eide, UN Special Representative in Afghanistan and head of the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan, after a Security Council meeting on the situation in Afghanistan,, Tuesday, Sept. 29, 2009 at United Nations headquarters. AP Photo logo AP Photo 1 month ago

Afghan Minister of Foreign Affairs Rangin Dadfar Spanta, right, speaks to Kai Eide, UN Special Representative in Afghanistan and head of the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan, after a Security Council meeting on the situation in Afghanistan,, Tuesday, Sept. 29, 2009 at United Nations headquarters.

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  1. U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, center, gestures during a meeting as Afghan Foreign Minister Rangin Dadfar Spanta, right, and Richard C. Holbrooke, the U.S. special representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan is seen, left, after inauguration of Afghan President Hamid Karzai at the Afghan Foreign Ministry in Kabul, Afghanistan, Thursday, Nov. 19, 2009.
  2. U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton (L) and Afghanistan's Foreign Minister Rangin Dadfar Spanta attend a meeting at the ministry of foreign affairs in Kabul November 19, 2009.
  3. Afghan Foreign Minister Rangin Dadfar Spanta, right, shakes hand with U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton at the presidential palace in Kabul, Afghanistan, Wednesday, Nov. 18, 2009. Clinton arrived in Afghanistan to attend Thursday's inauguration of Afghan President Hamid Karzai.
  4. U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, center, walks with Afghan Foreign Minister Rangin Dadfar Spanta, right, after her arrival at the presidential palace in Kabul, Afghanistan, Wednesday, Nov. 18, 2009. Clinton arrived in Afghanistan to attend Thursday's inauguration of Afghan President Hamid Karzai.
  5. Norwegian Foreign Minister Jonas Gahr Store shakes hands with his Afghan counterpart Rangin Dadfar Spanta in Kabul, November 11, 2009. Norway has some 480 troops serving in Afghanistan as part of NATO's 71,000 strong International Security Assistance Force (ISAF).
  6. Norwegian Foreign Minister Jonas Gahr Stoere, left, speaks during a press conference with Afghan Foreign Minister Rangin Dadfar Spanta at the Foreign Ministry in Kabul, Afghanistan on Wednesday, Nov. 11, 2009. Stoere said Afghans and the international community must focus sharply on improving the competence of the newly elected government of Afghanistan. Norway has over 550 soldiers, serving as part of the NATO- led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) in Afghanistan.
  7. Norwegian Foreign Minister Jonas Gahr Store arrives to meet his Afghan counterpart Rangin Dadfar Spanta in Kabul, November 11, 2009. Norway has some 480 troops serving in Afghanistan as part of NATO's 71,000 strong International Security Assistance Force (ISAF).
  8. Afghan Foreign Minister Rangin Dadfar Spanta, right, speaks, as Norwegian Foreign Minister Jonas Gahr Stoere, looks on during a press conference at the Foreign Ministry in Kabul, Afghanistan on Wednesday, Nov. 11, 2009. Norway has over 550 soldiers, serving as part of the NATO- led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) in Afghanistan.
  9. 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.
  10. 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.
  11. 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.
  12. 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.
  13. UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon speaks during a press conference at the United Nations headquarters in New York, October 28, 2009. Ban Ki-Moon condemned the 'despicable and brutal' attack on a UN guesthouse in Kabul, which left five UN staff dead, but said the UN remained committed to Afghanistan.
  14. UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon speaks during a press conference at the United Nations headquarters in New York, October 28, 2009. Ban Ki-Moon condemned the 'despicable and brutal' attack on a UN guesthouse in Kabul, which left five UN staff dead, but said the UN remained committed to Afghanistan.
  15. UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon speaks during a press conference at the United Nations headquarters in New York, October 28, 2009. Ban Ki-Moon condemned the 'despicable and brutal' attack on a UN guesthouse in Kabul, which left five UN staff dead, but said the UN remained committed to Afghanistan.
  16. UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon speaks during a press conference at the United Nations headquarters in New York, October 28, 2009. Ban Ki-Moon condemned the 'despicable and brutal' attack on a UN guesthouse in Kabul, which left five UN staff dead, but said the UN remained committed to Afghanistan.

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