Karzai seeks support for Kandahar security operation
Afghan President Hamid Karzai sought support Sunday for the NATO campaign to ramp up security in the key southern city of Kandahar and bolster his government’s influence in a Taliban stronghold rife with violence, crime and corruption.
Karzai flew to Kandahar for only his second trip in recent years to…
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