Japanese may be appointed aide to U.N. Afghan envoy

TOKYO, Japan - Japan and the United Nations are making final arrangements to appoint Hiroshi Takahashi (file photo), a Japanese diplomat, to support the U.N. special representative to Afghanistan Lakhdar Brahimi, Japanese government sources said Nov. 4. Takahashi, currently a U.N. senior political affairs officer stationed in Tajikistan, is likely to be sent to the Islamabad-based U.N. Special Mission to Afghanistan at the request of Brahimi, the sources said.

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