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politicsdaily.com - 11/4/2009
Our Man in Kabul
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On a nearly deserted road in eastern Afghanistan this autumn, I had a brief conversation with an old farmer driving a battered truck perilously overloaded with sacks of onions and melons. He had chuckled when I asked him if he was going to vote in the presidential elections. He touched the ...
Plan B
mudvillegazette.com - 11/4/2009
Plan B
— mudvillegazette.com — Al Jazeera : Hamid Karzai listened to a mixture of congratulations and straight talking down the telephone... from President Obama on Monday just hours after Mr. Karzai was declared the winner of the Afghan elections by default. President Obama made clear what the United States expects.  ... (more) Plan B

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Mudville Gazette — ... But that response was not universal: "There is no point in voting,'' one Afghan told reporter David Wood prior to Abdullah's withdrawal. "Karzai will win anyway. You know that. He is your man.'' ...

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