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A senior UN official in Afghanistan is to be removed from his post following a row about the country's presidential election. UN officials said Peter Galbraith had not been terminated but would be removed from the mission, a foreign news channel has learned. Galbraith, a US diplomat, denied the report, and the UN mission in Kabul says he is expected back. Galbraith angered Afghan President Hamid Karzai by reportedly calling for a complete recount of the vote. Last week the top UN Afghan envoy, Kai Eide, said Galbraith had left the country after a row between them. But he denied he had ordered him to go. UN sources say Secretary General Ban Ki-moon decided to end Galbraith's mission after it became clear he was no longer able to carry out his work in Afghanistan. Some Afghan cabinet ministers also refused to work with him any longer.
