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...That helped her pay the 200m rials (about $4,760) for tuition to get a masters degree in industrial management from Tehran’s Islamic Azad University....
...“When Najib came in as prime minister he set in place a number of good reforms,” says Maria Chin Abdullah, head of Bersih, the coalition of activists organising this weekend’s protests....
...With rivals Abdullah Abdullah and Ashraf Ghani Ahmadzai locked in arguments over who won the election to succeed President Hamid Karzai, the escalation in fighting raises fresh doubts about the achievements...
...Afghanistan’s economy could shrink in the coming months even if the dispute is resolved over the presidential election to replace Hamid Karzai – which has pitted candidates Abdullah Abdullah and Ashraf Ghani...
...“Pakistan, Iran, China and Russia will enter,” says Mohammed Rahim Torabi, 35, at a campaign rally for Abdullah Abdullah, the opposition presidential candidate, in Herat in the northwest....
...Real name: Ibrahim al-Badri al-Samarrai Haji Bakr Nom de guerre: ’Knight of the Silencers’. Real name: Sameer Abid Mohammed al-Halefawi....
...“It’s a political group to force the military units to do what they want,” said Abdullah, an activist from Aleppo province. “They are the nucleus of the future government.”...
...“Karzai has won the election,” said Haji Ramtullah, a Pashtun elder from Kandahar in the south. “Foreigners want Abdullah to kill the innocent Pashtuns of Afghanistan.”...
...Four days before Afghanistan’s elections, Haji Mohammed, a tribal leader from the southern Kandahar province, received an offer from the local police chief....
...With votes from 60 per cent of polling stations counted, Mr Karzai has 47.3 per cent of the vote, compared to 32.6 per cent for Abdullah Abdullah, his nearest rival....
...Mr Zardari, addressing the Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) Assembly and the Kashmir Council, said: “We cannot de-link regional peace from peace in Kashmir....
...Haji Abdullah Jan, the chief of Gamsir district, where the protest took place, confirmed that people were killed and wounded when clashes broke out during the demonstration but did not say by whom....
...The transitional federal government headed by President Abdullah Yusuf Ahmed now exercises no authority on land or at sea....
...“I hope they will be able to come back as free people who will actually be able to go home and not into permanent government security,” said Mr Abdullah....
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