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Published 11/04/2009 by The News International


Karzai offers olive branch

KABUL: President Hamid Karzai offered an olive branch on Tuesday to his Taliban "brothers" behind a raging insurgency in Afghanistan, urging them to come home, after he secured a new five-year term in office. "We call on our Taliban brothers to come home and embrace their land," Karzai said at a press conference...

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...term in office. "We call on our Taliban brothers to come home and embrace their land" Karzai said at a press...
Karzai offers olive branch [The News International - 11/04/2009]
...election run-off. "The cancellation of the second round of the election showed that decisions on Afghanistan are made in Washington and London, while the announcements are made in Kabul" a Taliban statement...
Karzai offers olive branch [The News International - 11/04/2009]
...statement said. "What is astonishing is two weeks ago they were arguing that the puppet President Hamid Karzai was involved in electoral fraud... but now he is elected as president based on those same fraudulent votes, Washington and London immediately send their congratulations."
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