(11 Dec 2001)
1. Various of U.N. envoy Lakhdar Brahimi getting into car at UN guesthouse in Kabul
2. Wide shot of convoy of cars outside building
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Ahmed Fawzi, UN Spokesman:
"He (Brahimi) is in Kabul today to talk to the leadership here about a smooth transition of power on the 22nd of December. He will be meeting with Dr. Abdullah Abdullah, with Professor Rabbani, with General Fahim and with other members of the leadership in Kabul to listen to their views regarding the smooth transition of power on the 22nd of December."
4. Brahimi's car drives away
5. SOUNDBITE: (English) Ahmed Fawzi, UN Spokesman:
"General Dostum also sent a letter to Mr. Brahimi in which he said that regardless of whatever differences may exist between him and his colleagues over the composition of the administration he would regardless continue to support the effort of the international community and specifically the United Nations and Mr. Brahimi in the search for peace in Afghanistan."
6. Cutaway
7. SOUNDBITE (English) Ahmed Fawzi, UN Spokesman:
"The four groups who were in Bonn when they signed on to this agreement made a specific request to the Security Council to consider the early deployment of a security force in Kabul. Whichever force is deployed will be deployed with the full agreement of the Afghan authorities. Let me remind you that nothing the UN is doing here is being imposed on the Afghan people. This has to be a homegrown solution, a one hundred percent Afghan solution."
8. Various of Brahimi meeting Dr. Abdullah Abdullah
9. SOUNDBITE: (English) Dr. Abdullah Abdullah, Afghan Foreign Minister:
"Of course I'm very delighted to welcome Ambassador Brahimi in Kabul in a situation that we are all hopeful and optimistic for seeing a lasting peaceful settlement for the conflict in Afghanistan. In fact, Ambassador Brahimi in his previous mandate and also recently in his new mandate made every effort to make this moment possible and we hope that this moment will be a historic moment for the future of Afghanistan and that it will be remembered."
10. SOUNDBITE: (English) Lakhdar Brahimi, U.N Envoy:
"We'll tell you later in the day. If you give us some time to talk we'd be very grateful to you."
11. Brahimi and Abdullah standing together
STORYLINE:
U.N. special envoy Lakhdar Brahimi arrived in Kabul on Tuesday for talks with leaders of Afghanistan's often quarrelsome political factions.
It was not immediately known whether he would meet Hamid Karzai, the new interim prime minister, but he did meet with the Foreign Minister, Dr. Abdullah Abdullah.
Karzai's administration is scheduled to take office for a six-month term from December 22.
However, some tribal and other factions have been quarreling over the structure of the temporary government.
United Nations spokesperson Ahmed Fawzi said whichever force is deployed to aid the smooth transition of power will be deployed with the full agreement of the Afghan authorities.
"Let me remind you that nothing the UN is doing here is being imposed on the Afghan people. This has to be a homegrown solution, a one hundred percent Afghan solution," Fawzi said.
The United Nations did not disclose Brahimi's schedule of meetings for the two-day visit.
Brahimi is scheduled to return to neighbouring Pakistan on Wednesday.
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