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Afghan president says his country will ‘never’ become another Iraq

Iraq's mounting crisis has focused minds in Afghanistan, where foreign combat troops are pulling out, as they did in Iraq a few years ago. President Karzai is now preparing to step down. He's been in power since the fall of the Taliban in 2001 and now there's growing concern about a Taliban resurgence. He spoke to Lyse Doucet.

(Photo: Lyse and President Karzai at his office in Kabul)

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