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HARDtalk
with the EU Envoy to Afghanistan
Francesc
Vendrell, European Union Envoy to Afghanistan, is interviewed by
Lyse Doucet on BBC News 24's HARDtalk tonight.
United
States aid to Afghanistan is set to triple in the shape of a $1
billion package to try to make the country a success before the
American elections in 2004.
Meanwhile,
Taleban forces appear to be regrouping and Afghan warlords - with
a combined army of 100,000 - remain firmly in power.
When
NATO forces take over peacekeeping in Kabul this month, will their
forces reach beyond the capital?
Lyse
Doucet talks to Francesc Vendrell who as both United Nations and
EU Envoy has long been involved with Afghanistan.
How
committed is the EU to Afghanistan and will it promise to stay with
Afghanistan for the long haul?
HARDtalk
is on BBC News 24 at 11.30pm today (Thursday 31 July 2003).
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