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Holbrooke Holds “Explosive” Meeting with Hamid Karzai

HeadlineAug 28, 2009

In other news from Afghanistan, the BBC is reporting Richard Holbrooke, the US special envoy to Afghanistan, held an “explosive” meeting last week with Afghan President Hamid Karzai over the country’s recent election. Holbrooke is believed to have complained about the use of fraud and ballot stuffing by some members of the president’s campaign team, as well as other candidates.

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