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Word: popolzai (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 2001-2001
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...Afghanistan can be led only by battle-hardened fighters are skeptical of Karzai. But a country devastated by the misrule of warlords could do worse than be guided for a while by someone with the manner and judgment of a civilian. As an elder of the half-million-member Popolzai tribe in southern Afghanistan, he has leadership experience. Karzai's father was also chief tribal leader until July 1999, when the 75-year-old was shot to death on the street in the Pakistani city of Quetta, where father and son had both fled from the Taliban. The killing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Great New Afghan Hope | 12/17/2001 | See Source »

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