U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton arrived in Kabul on Wednesday (10/19/2011), toboost diplomatic ahead of an international conference to be held later this year with a view to finding a peaceful solution of 10-year war in Afghanistan. Clinton is scheduled to meetAfghan President Hamid Karzai on Thursday (20/10/2011).
According to a U.S. foreign ministry official, the plane landed in Kabul Hillary at 21:15o'clock local time or 23:45 pm for a visit aimed at building a "diplomatic surge" announced earlier this year.
"He will continue diplomatic efforts to help Afghanistan transition and achieve a political settlement," said the official who asked not to be named.
A conference which followed the region's countries will be held in Istanbul early November.International meeting of foreign ministers in Bonn, Germany, in early December, will be part of the discussion of this conference.
As for Hillary's visit was conducted when the central Afghan insurgents stepped up attacks on security forces and also the killing of politicians, including the killing Ahmed Wali Karzai, brother of President Hamid Karzai in Kandahar, July, and peace envoyBurhanuddin Rabbani in Kabul in September.
Escalating conflict in Afghanistan by the number of civilian and military deaths reached its highest level last year when the violence that inflamed the Taliban increasingly broadening from traditional areas in the south and east to areas west and north of the old stable. A total of 711 foreign soldiers have been killed in the war in Afghanistan during 2010, whichmade 2010 the deadliest year for foreign troops.
Based on the independent website icasualties.org. The number of civilian deaths also increased, and the Afghan Interior Ministry announced, as many as 2043 civilians were killed in 2010 due to Taliban attacks and military operations aimed at militants.
According to a U.S. foreign ministry official, the plane landed in Kabul Hillary at 21:15o'clock local time or 23:45 pm for a visit aimed at building a "diplomatic surge" announced earlier this year.
"He will continue diplomatic efforts to help Afghanistan transition and achieve a political settlement," said the official who asked not to be named.
A conference which followed the region's countries will be held in Istanbul early November.International meeting of foreign ministers in Bonn, Germany, in early December, will be part of the discussion of this conference.
As for Hillary's visit was conducted when the central Afghan insurgents stepped up attacks on security forces and also the killing of politicians, including the killing Ahmed Wali Karzai, brother of President Hamid Karzai in Kandahar, July, and peace envoyBurhanuddin Rabbani in Kabul in September.
Escalating conflict in Afghanistan by the number of civilian and military deaths reached its highest level last year when the violence that inflamed the Taliban increasingly broadening from traditional areas in the south and east to areas west and north of the old stable. A total of 711 foreign soldiers have been killed in the war in Afghanistan during 2010, whichmade 2010 the deadliest year for foreign troops.
Based on the independent website icasualties.org. The number of civilian deaths also increased, and the Afghan Interior Ministry announced, as many as 2043 civilians were killed in 2010 due to Taliban attacks and military operations aimed at militants.
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