UK Special Envoy for Afghanistan & Pakistan Mr. Nigel Casey & accompanying delegation met yesterday in Oslo with IEA Acting Foreign Minister Mawlawi Amir Khan Muttaqi.

Mr. Casey said we have entered a new phase, have provided humanitarian aid to Afghanistan & are in talks with the World Bank to cooperate in health, education, and salary payments areas.Minister Muttaqi thanked them for their assistance, assurance on security, adding that the new political phase should advance through cooperation so the new government could better address the challenges facing Afghans.