United Nations refugee chief Ruud Lubbers (R) talks to the press following his meeting with Taliban ambassador to Pakistan, Mullah Abdul Salam Zaeef (C) and translator Ahmed Ratib (L) at the ambassador's residence in Islamabad late October 30, 2001. Lubbers met the Taliban Ambassador to seek assurances for the safety of his staff in Afghanistan and to halt Taliban members from looting UN offices and supplies in Afghanistan.
— REUTERS
