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UN secretary general arrives in Kabul

The United Nations Secretary General, Kofi Annan, has arrived in the Afghan capital, Kabul barely 24 hours after US special forces engaged remnants of the Taliban regime in southern Kandahar province in a grim reminder that the shooting war is far from won.

US forces killed at least 12 mostly Afghan fighters and captured 27 in raids on two compounds, a US commando was lightly wounded.

South Asia correspondent Jonathan Harley reports.

Kofi Annan arrived on a crisp clear Kabul morning from the Pakistani capital, Islamabad, the latest international statesman to lend moral and political support to Afghanistan's interim administration. The first Secretary General to visit Afghanistan in more than 40 years he's expected to meet with the country's new leaders, as well as tour parts of the capital which have been badly damaged by fighting. Mr Annan is also expected to announce the makeup of the 21 member emergency loya jirga or council of tribal elders which is to be convened by the middle of the year. Jonathan Harley, Kabul.

25/01/2002 10:02:34 PM | ABC Radio Australia News

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