West puts pressure on Hamid Karzai to share power in Afghanistan
source: http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/nov/02/share-power-hamid-karzai-told
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Pressure was growing on Hamid Karzai today to form a unity government after the Afghan president was declared the winner of the country's election following the cancellation of a runoff vote.
The decision by the Independent Election Commission (IEC) to declare Karzai president, taken just one day after his rival Abdullah Abdullah announced he would not participate in a fresh vote scheduled for Saturday, was welcomed by the west, despite doubts about the strength of Karzai's mandate.
Diplomats and world leaders warned that he must reach out to Abdullah after the IEC, which has been heavily criticised for being biased in the president's favour, declared that Karzai would serve another five years in office.
The decision by the Independent Election Commission (IEC) to declare Karzai president, taken just one day after his rival Abdullah Abdullah announced he would not participate in a fresh vote scheduled for Saturday, was welcomed by the west, despite doubts about the strength of Karzai's mandate.
Diplomats and world leaders warned that he must reach out to Abdullah after the IEC, which has been heavily criticised for being biased in the president's favour, declared that Karzai would serve another five years in office.
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If his leadership can't be trusted, we should leave. If Karzai doesn't have the popular support of the people, the US will be seen as interfering in the affairs of another Muslim country. Every soldier will be a target. We would have to be there for 30 years to "win".
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