Wednesday, May 20, 2009

KHALILZAD TO BE KARZAI'S CEO AGAIN?

"Zalmay Khalilzad, former U.S. envoy to both Afghanistan and Iraq... (is) angling for a job as a sort of “chief executive officer” of Afghanistan... Afghan President Hamid Karzai brought the subject up during meetings with President Barack Obama... Khalilzad... (was) U.S. ambassador to Afghanistan... between 2003 and 2005... (and was) the real power behind the scenes... U.S. diplomats described his role as the country’s chief executive — with Karzai as the figurehead chairman — for the 19 months of his ambassadorship..."
http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2009/05/diplos-heart-afghanistan-ceo-khalilzad-not/

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