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Article: At The Helm In The World's Hot Spots.(International; INTERVIEW)(Hamid Karzai )(Interview)
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- Newsweek
- Article date:
- October 6, 2008
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One faces a deadly insurgency, the other confronts a belligerent neighbor. Two presidents on their perils.
With the security situation in his country steadily deteriorating, and Taliban activity on the rise, Afghan President Hamid Karzai sat down in New York last week with NEWSWEEK's Lally Weymouth to discuss the future of Afghanistan. Excerpts:
WEYMOUTH: How is the situation in your country? Reportedly the Taliban is gaining strength and the NATO position is deteriorating. Is that an accurate assessment?
KARZAI: The Taliban are not strengthening, [but] we are not doing things that we should be doing.
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