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Article: US to Karzai on Afghan election: congratulations, now shape up.(USA)(Hamid Karzai)
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- The Christian Science Monitor
- Article date:
- November 2, 2009
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Byline: Howard LaFranchi Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor
Washington -- The Obama administration on Monday embraced the second term of Afghan President Hamid Karzai - a leader whom the US under President Obama had until recently dismissed as too corrupt to serve as a partner for the international effort in Afghanistan.
But the US acceptance of Mr. Karzai does not suggest any change in official perceptions of the Afghan leader or in his capacity to govern his divided and war-ravaged country, regional experts say. Rather, the new tone is an acceptance of the inevitable extension of the Karzai presidency, they say, even as the United States ...