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Pashtun ethnic agenda at heart of Afghan war

August 2, 2009 By The Associated Press KATHY GANNON (Associated Press Writer)

KABUL (AP) — In a recent debate leading up to the presidential elections here, the first question was not about terrorism, or violence, or even opium. It was about how candidates viewed a jagged line casually drawn on a map 115 years ago by British colonial rulers.

For the West, this border separates Afghanistan from Pakistan, and it is a source of great frustration that neither country seems...

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