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Saturday, November 21, 2009 11:38 PM

Published 11/04/2009 by ABC Online


Karzai's olive branch rejected

By South Asia correspondent Sally Sara for AM The Taliban has rejected a call for unity from Afghan President Hamid Karzai, ridiculing him as a puppet of the West.

Mr Karzai has called Taliban fighters his brothers and urged them to come home and embrace their land.

Mr Karzai won Afghanistan's run-off presidential election as the...

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...of violence. "All of the people of Afghanistan think that whoever is the president [should] work for their country" he said. Mr Karzai...
Karzai's olive branch rejected [ABC Online - 11/04/2009]
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Karzai's olive branch rejected [ABC Online - 11/04/2009]
...live,' he said. "We will keep trying our best to address the questions that we have facing Afghanistan and to make sure that the wishes of the Afghan people come true towards an effective, clean government." Mr Karzai is now under...
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