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Reconstruction tops agenda during Karzai visit

This content was published on Jun 27, 2003 Discussions focused on rebuilding the country, where Swiss aid organisations have recently expressed concern over escalating violence. Karzai met the 2003 Swiss president, Pascal Couchepin, and foreign minister Micheline Calmy-Rey. At a press conference after the talks, Karzai said his country was grateful for the contribution Switzerland had made to Afghanistan and its people. “Switzerland…