Afghan Opposition Backs Obama Troop Plan, Has Doubts on McCain

July 17 (Bloomberg) -- The political party likely to pose the toughest challenge to Hamid Karzai's re-election as president of Afghanistan next year is supporting Barack Obama's plan to boost U.S. troop strength in the country.

``Afghans just want things to work better, and if they are convinced that more U.S. soldiers will make a difference they will be all for that,'' Fishstein said. ``But if there is no strategy in place to make the addition of troops meaningful, their tolerance of foreign intervention may run out.''
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