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Answers in response to questions about AfPax's history, mission, and actions
By AfPax co-founders and owners Eason Jordan and Robert Young Pelton

Our AfPax information service was launched in mid-2008 in response to appeals from officials of several governments, regional experts, and journalists calling for more and better open-source information on and from Afghanistan and Pakistan.

The then U.S. and coalition...

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Karzai and Others Maneuver in Remarkable Give-and-Take that is Afghan Politics
A campaign billboard in central Kabul showing Hamid Karzai in solidarity with Hazara leader Hajji Mohammed Mohaqiq.
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A campaign billboard in central Kabul showing Hamid Karzai in solidarity with Hazara leader Hajji Mohammed Mohaqiq.
Kabul - Afghan President Hamid Karzai is working his crunch time magic, recruiting long-time enemies and challengers to forge a real-life Afghan "Survivor"-style alliance meant to ensure Karzai's re-election.

While the...