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Karzai Rival Abdullah Gets No Love in Washington

WASHINGTON (May 24) -- In the weeks after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, most Americans came to know him as the Afghan guy with two first names. As one of the few English-speaking members of the Northern Alliance fighting the Taliban, Abdullah Abdullah was a cable TV rock star and an A-list diplomat welcomed in the Oval...

Karzai's Default Win Saps Afghan Democracy

KABUL -- Hamid Karzai was declared the winner of Afghanistan's presidential election after opponent Abdullah Abdullah's tearful decision to pull out under protest. Karzai's victory by default douses U.S. hopes that voting would convey legitimacy on Afghanistan's inefficient and corrupt government, and some Afghan observers...