The war in Afghanistan
Briefing: The Bonn conference
Published: November 26 2001 14:14GMT | Last Updated: February 27 2002 17:17GMT
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War-ravaged Afghanistan has a new leader and a new interim government following the signing of a landmark agreement at the United Nations-sponsored talks in Bonn, Germany this week.

The conference, chaired by veteran UN envoy Lakhdar Brahimi, has brought together the main Afghan political groups to install a transitional administration to oversee the country's reconstruction.


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Text of UN-sponsored Afghan agreement

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Afghanistan's new leaders

Hamid Karzai, a popular Pashtun tribal chief will be the head of the interim administration, in which the Nothern Alliance will hold 17 of 29 positions. Yunus Qanuni, the Northern Alliance's current interior minister and head of its delegation in Bonn becomes interior minister; Abdullah Abdullah, the Alliance's foreign minister will hold the foreign post, and Mohammad Fahim, its military commander, will become defence minister.

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Key office holders
Key figures in the negotiations
Participants at the Bonn talks

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UN: Afghanistan briefing
World Bank: Afghanistan reconstruction
UNHCR (UN refugee agency)
World Food Programme



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