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UN Chief to Attend Afghanistan Conference

   Diaa Bekheet 16 May 2010
   Secretary-General  Ban  Ki-moon gives an update on conditions in Haiti
   following  the  disastrous  earthquake  that  struck its capital city,
   Port-au-Prince, 14 Jan 2010

Photo: UN/Paulo Filgueiras

   Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon (file)

   United  Nations  Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is expected to attend a
   conference to be held in Afghanistan in July.
   The conference is a follow-up to talks held in London in January, when
   donors   pledged   some   $160  million  for  Afghanistan's  plans  to
   reintegrate Taliban fighters who renounce violence.
   Afghan  officials  say  Mr.  Ban  made  the  pledge  to visit during a
   personal telephone call with Afghanistan's President Hamid Karzai.

   Some information for this report was provided by AP, AFP and Reuters.

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