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January 12, 2009
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Talking Afghan Politics
Sayed Hamed Gailani, who is the First Deputy Speaker of Afghanistan’s Senate, dropped by my office in Washington last Friday. He wore a plaid sport jacket and a tie. He is fifty-four-years-old, about five feet...
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