06/29/2004

Paul Haven, AP news editor for Pakistan and Afghanistan, promoted to bureau chief

NEW YORK -- Paul Haven, news editor for The Associated Press in Pakistan and Afghanistan, has been promoted to chief of bureau for the AP in those countries.

The appointment was announced June 28 by Deborah Seward, AP's international editor.
Haven will continue to be based in Islamabad, Pakistan, where he has worked since 2002.

He joined the AP in Bogota, Colombia, in 1994 and transferred to the International Desk in 1998. After the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, he headed an investigative team that coordinated overseas terrorism coverage.

In 1997, he was part of the team that won an Associated Press Managing Editors award for deadline writing for coverage of the commando raid that ended a four-month hostage crisis at the Japanese ambassador's residence in Lima, Peru.

Haven is a graduate of Cornell University and a native of New York City.