Monday, December 19, 2005

First Afghan Parliament in 32 years opens

Afghanistan: The inauguration, which passed peacefully despite Taliban threats, was greeted with tears of emotion despite widespread disappointment at a parliament filled with factional leaders blamed for serious human rights abuses. President Hamid Karzai thanked God for giving Afghanistan the chance to take control of its destiny again after swearing in the 249 members of the Wolesi Jirga, or lower house, and 102 members of the upper house, or Meshrano Jirga...
Read in full at the Daily Times...

First Afghan parliament in 32 years: New Afghanistan is indestructible: Karzai

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