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Closure of Kyrgyz base a blow to US war in Afghanistan

Published: 19 February, 2009, 14:19


AFP Photo / Vyacheslav Oseledko

The parliament in Kyrgyzstan has voted for the closure of the US air base at Manas.

 
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