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Archive Home > 2009 > June > 25 > Afghan leader ahead in polls, but unpopular

Afghan leader ahead in polls, but unpopular

By New York Times News Service / The Bulletin
June 25, 2009

KABUL — With a nationwide election only weeks away, the paradox of President Hamid Karzai has never seemed more apparent: He is at once deeply unpopular and likely to win.

Karzai, who has led Afghanistan since the fall of the Taliban in 2001, is blamed by many for the failures that....

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