In 2011 he started serving in South Asia , first as special representative for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to Afghanistan and Pakistan . He had previously been present during the 2008 Kabul Serena Hotel attack , which claimed the life of a Norwegian journalist , but survived . Larsen served as the Norwegian ambassador to Pakistan from 2014 until he died in a helicopter crash on 8 May 2015 in Gilgit , Pakistan
2008 Kabul Serena Hotel attack
2008 Kabul Serena Hotel attack
Leif Holger Larsen