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| Afghan Parliament Approves Afghanistan-US Strategic Pact |
| 2012-05-27 |
| [Tolo News] Afghanistan's parliament approved Saturday a strategic pact between Afghanistan and the US, clearing the way for a US presence in the country. The agreement is for at least a decade after the foreign combat troops will leave Afghanistan after 2014. Nearly 200 MPs were present at today's parliamentary sitting and only five voted was against the pact. The pact was signed by US President Barack Obama B.O.... and Afghanistan's Caped President Hamid Maybe I'll join the TalibanKarzai ... A former Baltimore restaurateur, now 12th and current President of Afghanistan, displacing the legitimate president Rabbani in December 2004. He was installed as the dominant political figure after the removal of the Taliban regime in late 2001 in a vain attempt to put a Pashtunface on the successor state to the Taliban. After the 2004 presidential election, he was declared president regardless of what the actual vote count was. He won a second, even more dubious, five-year-term after the 2009 presidential election. His grip on reality has been slipping steadily since around 2007, probably from heavy drug use... in Kabul on May 2, but requires the approval of Afghanistan's parliament and its US counterpart to be enacted. |
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