Dostum's return to Afghanistan: a nod to 'warlord politics'

Christian Science Monitor by Ben Arnoldy | Aug. 17, 2009 (News Report)

Afghan President Hamid Karzai has brought a notorious warlord and influential backer out of exile just ahead of Thursday's presidential vote – a sign that old-style kingmaking continues to play a powerful role even as the country tries to move to a more modern form of campaigning. Full Story »

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Patricia L'Herrou
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 by Patricia L'Herrou - Aug. 18, 2009

the story offers insight into the process of an election in afghanistan today. the nation has changed so much over the last years of war, perhaps even more than the war years earlier which led to the taliban's power, that it must seem unrecognizable to most citizens and the conflict between the old and the recent is shown here.

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