Critical Year Ahead for Afghanistan
In less than four weeks, on April 5, Afghanistan’s 12 million voters will get the chance to elect one of 11 candidates to replace President Hamid Karzai, in what observers hope will be the country’s first ever peaceful and democratic handover of power.
It will be one of the biggest challenges in a vital year of transition for the country, which has seen …
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