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2003-10-13 Afghanistan

Afghanistan wants to ban warlords from holding office

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Posted by Rafael 2003-10-13 4:34:09 AM|| || Front Page|| [1 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Does te law proclude politicians from maintaining a really large enterage of armed personal retainers?

Posted by Super Hose 2003-10-13 7:40:17 AM|| 2003-10-13 7:40:17 AM|| Front Page Top

#2 Brain check - shall we include the power brokers or alienate them?

Posted by flash91 2003-10-13 12:01:42 PM|| 2003-10-13 12:01:42 PM|| Front Page Top

#3 they wont enforce it across the country. But they WILL use it (if they can pass it) to keep warlords out of national govt offices in Kabul. That means Fahim is out as defense minister (a major source of patronage) Thats a big deal.

Posted by liberalhawk 2003-10-13 12:08:24 PM|| 2003-10-13 12:08:24 PM|| Front Page Top

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