The great Afghan U-turn ignores reality‎ - Guardian

The British, and other western governments, are going through the most extraordinary contortions as they try and make the most of the chaos in Afghanistan. First, they said, there had to be a second round of presidential elections, as demanded by the Afghan constitution once the electoral commission decreed that, in light of the fraud involved, Karzai had not won 50% of the votes. - The great Afghan U-turn ignores reality‎

West puts pressure on Hamid Karzai to share power in Afghanistan
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