Loser In Afghan Presidential Election Will Have A Formal Role In New Government -- Washington Post
The loser in Afghanistan’s presidential election will play a specific, formal role in whatever new government is formed under a deal negotiated by Secretary of State John F. Kerry over the weekend between the two candidates, a senior Obama administration official said Monday.
The exact nature of that role is not spelled out in a one-page political document the two sides agreed to, the official said. The agreement will operate on a “short-term basis” during a transition period until institutional changes in the way Afghanistan is governed are decided, the official said.
“There are specific features of it that are left to the designation of the person that does not win,” the official said, “and how that person chooses to implement them is one of the things that’s unknown at this point.”
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My Comment: When it comes to Afghanistan .... I have learned to be very skeptical. And while this deal is a positive one .... the history of Afghanistan has unfortunately always been one of hope followed soon after by violence and war.
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