A Technocrat Shakes Up the Campaign in Afghanistan - nytimes

KABUL, Afghanistan — A former finance minister with a background in American academia and at the World Bank, Mr. Ghani, 60, says he is trying to change politics in Afghanistan. Using television and radio, Internet donations and student volunteers, as well as traditional networks like religious councils, he is seeking to reach out to young people, women and the poor, and do the unexpected: defeat President Hamid Karzai. -- A Technocrat Shakes Up the Campaign in Afghanistan

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