U.N. envoy says Obama a new chance for Afghanistan | Reuters

OSLO (Reuters) - The installation of a new U.S. administration offers a fresh opportunity to tackle Afghanistan's problems and the chance must not be wasted, the U.N. special envoy to Afghanistan said on Tuesday.

Kai Eide also told a seminar in the Norwegian capital that Afghanistan might face a severe food shortage from around March next year and would need more aid to bridge the gap until the next harvest.

Eide said the international community should follow up agreements made by donors in June to help Afghanistan, which faces a strengthening insurgency seven years after a U.S.-led invasion toppled the Islamist Taliban.

"It is very important that we do not focus on the military contributions alone, but that we have a wide agenda in mind as we agreed at the Paris conference on June 12," said Eide.
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