Abdullah
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Afghanistan in turmoil after Abdullah quits run-off...role in organising the ballot. British Prime Minister Gordon Brown, who phoned Karzai after Abdullah's announcement, indicated that he did not want the president to simply claim the spoils of victory. In a statement, Brown said he... In this article: Abdullah Abdullah, Hamid Karzai, Gordon Brown, United Nations, Kabul, Afghanistan, and Hillary Clinton |
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Yahoo! News | November 01, 2009
Abdullah Withdraws From Afghan Presidential Run-Off (Bloomberg)
...today or tomorrow. " Abdullah said he had consulted in recent weeks with U.S. President Barack Obama , Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Sen. John Kerry as well as British Prime Minister Gordon Brown. He said he took his decision...
In this article: Abdullah Abdullah, United Nations, Hamid Karzai, Allegation, Afghanistan, Barack Obama, Kabul, and Democracy
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Abdullah pulls out of Afghan run-off election (AFP)
...and the people of Afghanistan, who seek and deserve a better future." British Prime Minister Gordon Brown said he phoned Karzai after Abdullah's announcement. "Dr Abdullah has pulled out of the election in the interests of national...
In this article: Abdullah Abdullah, Hamid Karzai, Taliban, Gordon Brown, UN, Kabul, and Afghanistan
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Guardian | November 01, 2009
British soldier killed in Afghan blast
...a transparent election was not possible. "This decision was clearly carefully considered, and I welcome Dr Abdullah's readiness to play a continued role in the national dialogue," Brown said. "I am confident that Afghanistan's leaders...
In this article: Gordon Brown, Abdullah Abdullah, British soldier, Afghanistan, Falklands War, and Hamid Karzai
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Telegraph.co.uk - All news | November 02, 2009
Afghanistan: Business as usual which means tough times lie ahead
...have raised little hope that it will be easy. The first priority will be to encourage what Gordon Brown has called a "unifying programme" for a power-sharing deal with Abdullah Abdullah. Mr Karzai's political instincts are naturally...
In this article: Hamid Karzai, Abdullah Abdullah, Barack Obama, Afghanistan, Opium, Gordon Brown, London, Kabul, and Washington
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BBC News | November 01, 2009
Future of Afghan election unclear
...to "stay engaged" and work for peace in Afghanistan. British Prime Minister Gordon Brown said: "Dr Abdullah has pulled out of the election in the interests of national unity." He added that he had told Mr Karzai it was now imperative...
In this article: Abdullah Abdullah, Hamid Karzai, Hillary Clinton, Gordon Brown, Taliban, Best interests, United Nations, UK, Afghanistan, and US
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Karzai sworn in, vows to fight corruption (AFP)
...said. Karzai, who has built his presidential style on forging politically expedient alliances given the lack of strong institutions, reached out to his chief rival Abdullah Abdullah and fellow presidential hopeful, Ashraf Ghani. But...
In this article: Hamid Karzai, United States, Kabul, Taliban, NATO, Gordon Brown, Abdullah Abdullah, Afghanistan, Hillary Clinton, and Anders Fogh Rasmussen
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PM urges Afghan corruption effort
...Gordon Brown has told President Hamid Karzai. Mr Brown was speaking to Mr Karzai after his rival, Abdullah Abdullah, withdrew from the presidential election citing fraud fears. Whether the second round of voting went ahead was up to...
In this article: Hamid Karzai, Abdullah Abdullah, Afghanistan, Democracy, Allegation, Gordon Brown, and UK
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Afghanistan poll in disarray after pull-out
...and the people of Afghanistan, who seek and deserve a better future." She also urged Dr Abdullah to "stay engaged" and work for peace in Afghanistan. British Prime Minister Gordon Brown said: "Dr Abdullah has pulled out of the...
In this article: Abdullah Abdullah, Hamid Karzai, Afghanistan, Taliban, Gordon Brown, Best interests, Kabul, Hillary Clinton, United Nations, and Allegation
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Dr. Abdullah (born 1961), an Afghan politician, was the Foreign Minister of Afghanistan. Like many Afghans, he uses only one name, though he is sometimes referred as "Abdullah Abdullah".
Abdullah was born in Panjshir, studied ophthalmology at Kabul University’s Department of Medicine and obtained his M.D in 1983. He worked as an Ophthalmologist in Kabul until 1985, after which he worked with Afghan refugees in Pakistan, where he came into contact with the anti-Soviet resistance. Abdullah then joined the Panjshir Resistance Front, and in 1986 became an advisor to Ahmad Shah Massoud, who was also engaged in anti-Soviet activities.
Abdullah was the foreign minister of the Afghan United Front government from 1998 onwards. Following the assassination of Massoud in 2001, he became one of the three dominant figures in the Northern Alliance and later the Transitional Afghan Government along with Mohammed Fahim and Yunus Qanuni. In 2001 he was selected as Foreign Minister for the Interim Administration of Afghanistan; a post which he lost in a cabinet reshuffle on March 22, 2006.
He is generally considered to be, along with former Ministers Mohammed Fahim and Yunus Qanuni, a leader of the Tajik faction, although his mother is actually an ethnic Pashtun. Unlike many other former Northern Alliance officials, he was not removed from his ministerial post immediately after the 2004 Presidential Election.
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