Afghan Leader Won't Go without Fight: Karzai's Election Maneuver-- Spiegel

It was a sudden shift. The Afghan president, once installed by the United States and lauded as a torchbearer, is now identified as the scapegoat for the West's lack of success in Afghanistan. Nevertheless, no one in the West has any idea how things could proceed without him.
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