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...much of southern Afghanistan. The Pashtun are Afghanistan's largest ethnic group, comprising almost 40 percent of the population. But the Pashtun representatives in Germany are based outside the country, and whereas Washington had once hoped the former king would be a rallying point for the anti-Taliban opposit ion, he has thus far proved incapable of significantly influencing events - after all, to borrow from Stalin's blunt response to the suggestion that the pope be invited to Yalta in 1944, how many divisions has the king? Rabbani two weeks ago said Zahir was welcome to return to Afghanistan...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Why Afghanistan's Future is Unlikely to be Settled in Germany | 11/27/2001 | See Source »

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