联合国表示他们已经决定将其1100名国际工作人员中一半以上的人暂时调离，此前塔利班对联合国工作人员的一个设施发动了一次致命袭击。联合国阿富汗事务特使艾德表示，有关人员已经开始进行转移至少600名工作人员的程序，其中一部分人将转移到阿富汗国内更安全的地方，其余人员将撤离阿富汗。
艾德表示，联合国此举并不是要撤离阿富汗。他说，这是为了保证其工作人员的安全，而与此同时保证在阿富汗的行动能够继续进行。上个星期，塔利班枪手在首都喀布尔的一所国际宾馆发动袭击，枪杀五名联合国工作人员。塔利班份子说，他们的袭击目标是为阿富汗最近总统大选工作的联合国人员。
The United Nations says it will temporarily relocate more than half of its 1,100 international staff members in Afghanistan, following a deadly Taliban attack on a facility for U.N. workers.The head of the U.N. mission in Afghanistan, Kai Eide, says officials have begun the process of moving at least 600 staff members to more secure locations inside and outside the country.
Eide says the United Nations is not talking about pulling out of Afghanistan. He says it is just looking after the safety of its workers while ensuring its operations in the country can continue.Last week, Taliban gunmen killed five U.N. workers in an attack on an international guest house in the capital, Kabul.The Taliban said it was targeting U.N. employees working on the recent Afghan presidential election.