Afghanistan’s president welcomed his re-election by default Tuesday and reached out to opponents, promising to create a government of national participation and banish corruption that has undermined his administration.
President Hamid Karzai spoke a day after he was declared victor of an election so marred by fraud that his opponent dropped out of a planned runoff because he said it could not be free or fair.
Karzai said he wants people from every part of the country in his government, including Taliban who are ready to cooperate with the administration and political opponents. But he never mentioned his former challenger Abdullah Abdullah by name.
The above passages read like a news clip from Bizzaro-world.
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yabits at 09:07 PM JST - 3rd November
The above passages read like a news clip from Bizzaro-world.
LIBERTAS at 10:40 PM JST - 3rd November
What democratically elected president? Karzai in pashtu-politik spells P U P P E T.
rajakumar at 02:24 PM JST - 4th November
So Karzai is decided as president,that was bumpy ride for afghans.