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| Obama hails Afghanistan's president |
| Obama hails Afghanistan's presidential elections
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| UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
, 22-August-2009
3:14:35 AM |
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Terming the Afghanistan's presidential elections as an "important step forward", US President Barack Obama said on Saturday that he was highly impressed by the exemplary courage shown by the Afghans who came out in large numbers to cast their votes despite Taliban's threat.
"This was an important step forward in the Afghan people's efforts to take control of their future, even as violent extremists are trying to stand in their way," Obama said.
"As I watched the election, I was struck by their courage in the face of intimidation, and their dignity in the face of disorder," he said in a late afternoon brief at the White House minutes before leaving for Camp David, where the US President and his family would spend the weekend.
"There is a clear contrast between those who seek to control their future at the ballot box, and those who kill to prevent that from happening," Obama said, as he reiterated his pledge to disrupt, dismantle and defeat the Al Qaeda and the Taliban network in Afghanistan and Pakistan.
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