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Credibility challenge for Afghan victor
Published: 20 August, 2009, 20:41
A man carries two ballot boxes in a polling station in Deh Rawod in the south of Afghanistan on August 20, 2009 (AFP Photo / Pascal Guyot)
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Whoever wins matters less than how that government will be capable of governing and how it will be viewed by the Afghan people, argues Tony Blankley, a contributor to the Washington Times.
“Fundamentally, either government – whether it is Karzai or Abdullah or even some unlikely third person – they have a real challenge in becoming credible,” Blankley added.
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