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Saturday, November 21, 2009 7:31 PM

Published 11/06/2009 by iafrica.com


UN evacuates Afghan staff

The United Nations announced on Thursday it will evacuate more than half its international staff based in Afghanistan after a deadly Taliban attack on UN workers, prompting a dismayed reaction from NATO.

The UN insisted it was not abandoning Afghanistan, where 100 000 US-led foreign troops...

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...temporary basis. "The only people who will remain are regarded as essential staff. This is to ensure the safety of all our staff in Afghanistan McNorton said, adding the evacuations would begin immediately."
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...be effective for "a number of weeks while additional security is being put inin place" McNorton said...
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...half a century. "Every effort will be made to minimise disruption to our activities." The measures include...
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