KABUL (AP) The U.N. says hundreds of its staffers will be
temporarily pulled out of Afghanistan in the wake of an Oct. 28
attack that killed five of its workers, but it's still determining
exactly how many.
U.N. spokesman Adrian Edwards in Kabul emphasizes the world body
is not ''withdrawing, not pulling out'' from Afghanistan and will
continue its work.
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon told reporters at the U.N. on
Friday that about 200 staffers will be relocated to other U.N.
offices in the region. But Edwards said Saturday the U.N. is still
poring over the personnel lists of every U.N. agency and every
office and has yet to calculate the exact number leaving.
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