UN AFGHANISTAN ENVOY BRAHIMI IS SEEN FOLLOWING SIGNING CEREMONY IN KOENIGSWINTER, 2001-12-05 (photo)

U.N. Afghanistan envoy Lakhdar Brahimi smiles following an official signing ceremony of an U.N. brokered Afghanistan deal at the German government guesthouse Petersberg in Koenigswinter near Bonn December 5, 2001. Afghan rivals struck a landmark accord on Wednesday to set aside two decades of war and form a post-Taliban government led by Pashtun chief Hamid Karzai to steer their shattered nation towards democracy. The U.N. brokered deal, reached before dawn on the ninth day of gruelling talks, creates a government with 30 members reflecting Afghanistan's ethnic diversity to rule for about six months until a Loya Jirga, or traditional assembly, is held. At left is Pacha Khan Dzadran, a traditional dressed member of the Rome delegation of former Afghan King Zahir. REUTERS/Wolfgang Rattay WR/JOH/AA