Kai Eide

Joint Chiefs: Don't Mess With Dwell Time

Robert Naiman | Posted 11.04.2009 | World


Robert Naiman

Like every other patriotic American, I want to support our troops. If the Joint Chiefs say our troops need twelve months at home before being sent to Afghanistan, I think we better do what they say.

It's a Runoff, Now What? Parsing the Impacts of the Presidential Rematch in Afghanistan

Vikrum Aiyer | Posted 10.23.2009 | World


Vikrum Aiyer

A coalition government in Afghanstan, while supposedly offering the best of both worlds, tacitly condones an illegitimate election and would require America to broker power among competing personalities.

Kai Eide: UN Official Defends Afghanistan Election Despite Widespread Fraud

Los Angeles Times | Laura King | Posted 10.12.2009 | World


Days before the outcome of Afghanistan's contentious presidential vote was expected to be announced, the head of the United Nations mission in the cou...

U.N. Secretary General Owes Peter Galbraith an Apology

Jayne Lyn Stahl | Posted 10.13.2009 | World


Jayne Lyn Stahl

On September 30th, Peter Galbraith, the highest ranking American, and deputy to U.N. ambassador, Kai Eide, was fired for disclosing Eide's efforts to ...

Kai Eide, UN Envoy In Afghanistan, Denies Claims Over Election Fraud

AP | HEIDI VOGT | Posted 10.08.2009 | World


KABUL — The U.N.'s top envoy in Afghanistan denied allegations he did not do enough to prevent or investigate fraud in the country's presidentia...

UN To Obama: Don't Change Afghan Strategy

AP | FISNIK ABRASHI | Posted 02.16.2009 | World


KABUL, Afghanistan — The top U.N. official in Afghanistan said U.S. President-elect Barack Obama should resist calls to change strategy in Afgha...

Official Calls for Sensitivity to Afghan Demands

New York Times | KIRK SEMPLE | Posted 01.07.2009 | Home


KABUL, Afghanistan -- In unusually blunt remarks, the chief of the United Nations mission in Afghanistan warned in an interview this weekend that unle...