Afghanistan's Foreign Minister Rangin Dadfar Spanta (L) and Frank-Walter Steinmeier, leader of the parliamentary group of the Germany's Social Democratic Party (SPD) attend an Afghanistan conference organized by the SPD in Berlin January 22, 2010.

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...

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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...

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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...

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.

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...

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...

Afghanistan's Foreign Minister Rangin Dadfar Spanta speaks during an interview with Reuters in Kabul October 13, 2009. Afghan politicians on Tuesday expressed frustration over delays to the outcome of the August presidential election, held up by elaborate efforts to wipe clean the widespread...

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...

Afghanistan's Foreign Minister Rangin Dadfar Spanta (L) and his United Arab Emirates' counterpart Abdullah Bin Zayed Al Nahyan (C) talk with Germany's Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle (R) at the start of a NATO foreign ministers meeting at the Alliance headquarters in Brussels December...

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United Arab Emirates Foreign Minister Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan, center, German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle, right, and Afghan Foreign Minister Rangin Dadfar Spanta, left, react ahead of a NATO foreign ministers meeting in Brussels, Friday, Dec. 4, 2009. NATO Secretary General...

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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...

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).

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Swedish Foreign Minister Carl Bildt gestures during a joint press conference with Afghan Foreign Minister Rangin Dadfar Spanta in Kabul, Tuesday, Nov. 10, 2009. Bildt, whose country currently holds the European Union presidency, says no change is expected in the number of European troops...

Swedish Foreign Minister Carl Bildt (top) arrives to greet his Afghan counterpart Rangin Dadfar Spanta in Kabul November 10, 2009.

Swedish Foreign Minister Carl Bildt (L) meets his Afghan counterpart Rangin Dadfar Spanta in Kabul November 10, 2009.

Swedish Foreign Minister Carl Bildt (L) and his Afghan counterpart Rangin Dadfar Spanta attend a news conference in Kabul November 10, 2009.

Afghan Foreign Minister Rangin Dadfar Spanta (C) speaks as Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi (R) and Iran's Foreign Affairs Minister Manouchehr Mottaki (L) look on during a news conference in Kabul April 27, 2009.

Afghan Foreign Minister Rangin Dadfar Spanta (C), Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi (R) and Iran's Foreign Affairs Minister Manuchehr Motaki join hands after a news conference in Kabul April 27, 2009.

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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...

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Afghan Minister of Foreign Affairs Rangin Dadfar Spanta, top left, listens to Kai Eide, bottom, UN Special Representative in Afghanistan and head of the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan, speak during a Security Council meeting on the situation in Afghanistan, Tuesday, Sept....

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Afghan Minister of Foreign Affairs Rangin Dadfar Spanta listens to speakers during a Security Council meeting on Afghanistan, Tuesday, Sept. 29, 2009 at United Nations headquarters.

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NEW YORK - SEPTEMBER 28: U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton (R) stands with Afghan Minister of Foreign Affairs Dr. Rangin Dadfar Spanta before a meeting on September 28, 2009 in New York City. The United States is weighing options about sending more combat troops to Afghanistan following...

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Rangin Dadfar Spanta, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Afghanistan addresses the 64th session of the United Nations General Assembly at United Nations headquarters Monday, Sept. 28, 2009.

Turkey's Foreign Minister Ali Babacan (C) meet with his Afghan counterpart Rangin Dadfar Spanta (L) and Pakistani counterpart Makhdoom Ahah Mahmood Qureshi (R) in Ankara April 1, 2009.