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...“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....
...Marine police Deputy Commander Abdul Rahim Abdullah said the tanker was sailing to Myanmar from Singapore when it was boarded by up to 10 pirates armed with pistols and machetes early Tuesday off the port...
...Mr Abdullah joined one-time defence minister Abdul Rahim Wardak, who registered to enter the race on Saturday....
...There were, however, no obvious signs of concessions to Abdullah Abdullah, Mr Karzai’s main rival at the polls, though the president has yet to name deputy ministers and provincial governors....
...Aria was one of several thousand people at a recent campaign rally for Mr Karzai’s most prominent challenger, Abdullah Abdullah, a former foreign minister....
...The election is proving a much tighter race than had been expected with Abdullah Abdullah, a former foreign minister, staging a real challenge to President Hamid Karzai, who has been leading in the polls...
...“[The AAAID] was sitting here doing nothing,” says Abdul-Rahim Hamdi, a former Sudanese finance minister....
...The minister for women’s affairs, Masooda Jalal, will be replaced by Surya Rahim Subhrang, a women’s rights activist....
...Separately, Abdullah Abdullah, Afghan foreign minister, and Abdul Rahim Wardak, Afghan defence minister, addressed a joint session of the Dutch parliament’s committees for public affairs and defence....
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