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UN Chief Appoints Former Kyrgyzstan President as Afghanistan Envoy

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UN Chief Appoints Former Kyrgyzstan President as Afghanistan Envoy zabi Sat, 09/03/2022 - 12:30
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Reuters) - U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Friday appointed a former president of Kyrgyzstan as his new special envoy for Afghanistan.

Roza Otunbayeva, who also served as foreign minister of Kyrgyzstan, replaces Deborah Lyons, who stepped down in mid-June, the United Nations said in a statement.

The humanitarian and economic situation in Afghanistan has worsened since the hardline Islamist Taliban took over a year ago as U.S.-led forces withdrew after two decades of war.



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