[Mb-civic] Afghan Election System May Undermine Karzai

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Afghan Election System May Undermine Karzai 
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In the parliamentary poll set for Sept. 18, voters pick candidates, not parties, which could make it difficult for the president to govern.

By Halima Kazem
Special to The Times

March 21 2005

KABUL, Afghanistan — Afghans will go to the polls Sept. 18 to elect their parliament under a system that some experts say could make it difficult for President Hamid Karzai to govern this war-torn nation. 

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