Kai Eide had a final chance to stamp his mark on Afghanistan on Wednesday.
The controversial head of the UN Afghan Mission will soon step down after almost two years in the job.
He told the Security Council it’s time to reverse thinking within the international community away from the military towards the civilian.
“If we do not take the civilian aspects of the transition strategy as seriously as the military …. then we will fail. What we need is a strategy that is politically and not militarily driven."
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