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Article: KARZAI: COUNTRY IS NOT UNSTABLE.(NEWS)
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- The Cincinnati Post (Cincinnati, OH)
- Article date:
- September 7, 2002
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Byline: Associated Press
KABUL, Afghanistan -- President Hamid Karzai asserted Friday that Afghanistan is not descending into chaos and lawlessness even as police rounded up 17 people for questioning in the assassination attempt on his life.
Karzai said the attempt on his life and a bombing at a crowded market place on Thursday were 'done by terrorists in an isolated manner. This means they are no longer capable of mobilizing as groups so they act as individuals.'
He said Afghanistan has a 'long way to go to bring total technical security to the country,' and called for help from other countries. The death toll in Thursday's bombing in Kabul ...