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Article: Kabul blast exposes war's complexities
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- Telegraph - Herald (Dubuque)
- Article date:
- October 9, 2009
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U.N. defends its neutrality in Afghanistan UNITED NATIONS -- The
United Nations attempted to defend the neutrality of its role in
Afghanistan's disputed election Wednesday, with the top U.N.
official in the country dismissing claims that he favored President
Hamid Karzai as "nonsense." Kai Eide denied allegations by his
former deputy Peter Galbraith that he downplayed widespread fraud in
the election and thwarted efforts to address it. Galbraith, the top
U.S. official at the U.N. mission in Afghanistan, was fired last
week by Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon. Eide's three-page rebuttal to
Galbraith's charges, sent to senior U.N. officials, was obtained by
the Associated Press. The AP also ...