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Nato, US Welcome Karzai Transition Announcement
[Tolo News] Nato and US embassy in Kabul on Tuesday welcomed President Karzai's announcement on security handover process to Afghan lead.On Tuesday President  Hamid Maybe I'll join the TalibanKarzai ... A former Baltimore restaurateur, now 12th and current President of Afghanistan, displacing the legitimate president Rabbani in December 2004. He was installed as the dominant political figure after the removal of the Taliban regime in late 2001 in a vain attempt to put a Pashtunface on the successor state to the Taliban. After the 2004 presidential election, he was declared president regardless of what the actual vote count was. He won a second, even more dubious, five-year-term after the 2009 presidential election. His grip on reality has been slipping steadily since around 2007, probably from heavy drug use... named the first districts and provinces for security transition and said the process will go as planned. "I want to congratulate the President for taking this critical decision which paves the way for Afghans to take charge of their own destiny," Nato's Chief Anders Fogh Rasmussen said in a statement hours after Karzai made the transition announcement. "No one wants our forces to be in combat a day longer than necessary," Nato Chief said in the statement. In a separate statement the US embassy in Kabul congratulated President Karzai on his "initial step toward a condition-based transition by December 2014". "The United States reiterates its enduring commitment to the people of Afghanistan," the US embassy said in a statement. "We're just as tired of Karzai as he is of us. And we're not real happy with the rest of you beturbanned nutcakes." Posted by: Fred 2011-03-24 |
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