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U.S. Secretary of State to Visit Afghanistan

U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell will visit Afghanistan during his trip to South Asia and Japan, the State Department announced on Friday.

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U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell will visit Afghanistan during his trip to South Asia and Japan, the State Department announced on Friday.

"Secretary Powell will visit Kabul as part of his upcoming trip and we still reserve the right to name other stops at a future date," State Department spokesman Richard Boucher told reporters.

The spokesman did not tell the exact date of Powell's visit to Afghanistan but the State Department announced earlier this week that Powell will leave for South Asia on January 15 and return to Washington on January 21.

Powell is due to visit India and Pakistan to try to defuse tensions that threaten to erupt into war between the two countries and travel to Tokyo to attend an international conference on Afghan reconstruction.

He will be the highest ranking U.S. official to visit the war- shattered country in 25 years. Henry Kissinger visited Kabul in August 1976 as U.S. secretary of state of former president Gerald Ford's administration.

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