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May 21st, 2012
06:56 PM ET

Karzai: I will not let congressman into Afghanistan

If Rep. Dana Rohrabacher, R-California, an influential member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, is looking for a country to visit as a member of a congressional delegation, he can cross Afghanistan off his list.

Afghan President Hamid Karzai and Rohrabacher have been at loggerheads over the congressman's push for a more decentralized Afghan government. Asked by CNN's Wolf Blitzer about the disagreement, Karzai said he is against letting Rohrabacher into the country.

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Filed under: Afghanistan • Dana Rohrabacher • Hamid Karzai • Wolf Blitzer
soundoff (2 Responses)
  1. Rossbach

    It seems that Mr. Karzai misunderstands his role as the puppet dictator of an occupying power. He might wish to familiarize himself with the career of one his predecessors, Ngo Dinh Diem.

    May 22, 2012 at 9:33 pm | Reply
  2. Jim Thomas

    Good,stay home,get to work and save the taxpayers money that we do not have.Jim Thomas Phx.Az.

    May 21, 2012 at 7:07 pm | Reply

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