Senior UN official removed from Afghan post

KATHMANDU, Sept 30: A senior UN official in Afghanistan has been removed from his post following a row about how to handle the country´s disputed election, the BBC reported Wednesday.



Peter Galbraith, from the US, had angered Afghan President Hamid Karzai by criticising the country´s election commission.

Galbraith was said to have called for a complete recount.



Last week the top UN Afghan envoy, Kai Eide, Galbraith had left the country after a row between them, but he denied he had ordered him to go.

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