U.N. Officials Say American Aide Plotted to Replace Karzai - nytimes

As widespread fraud in the Afghanistan presidential election was becoming clear three months ago, the No. 2 United Nations official in the country, the American Peter W. Galbraith, proposed enlisting the White House in a plan to replace the Afghan president, Hamid Karzai, according to two senior United Nations officials.

Mr. Galbraith said in an interview that he discussed but never actively promoted the idea of persuading Mr. Karzai to leave office. Mr. Holbrooke said he was unaware of the idea.

A spokesman for Mr. Karzai said he was not available for comment on the matter. - U.N. Officials Say American Aide Plotted to Replace Karzai

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