Paddy Ashdown has told the UN secretary general that he no longer wishes to become special envoy to Afghanistan.
Lord Ashdown said the job needed Afghan government backing that did not exist, even though President Hamid Karzai had once "wished him to take up the post".
His decision came after Afghanistan said it preferred Gen John McColl, Nato's deputy commander in Europe.
Lord Ashdown - a British peer - served as the UN's High Representative and EU envoy to Bosnia from 2002 to 2005.
Lord Ashdown wrote to UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon on Saturday to withdraw his candidacy.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7211667.stm
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