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    Karzai Criticizes Troop Withdrawal Timeline

    In Kabul today, Afghan President Hamid Karzai met with a congressional delegation and then released a statement saying that President Obama's July deadline to start withdrawing troops has "given courage to the enemies of Afghanistan." Joshua Partlow is in Kabul for the Washington Post .

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    By Warren Olney • May 12, 2014 • 1 min read

    In Kabul today, Afghan President Hamid Karzai met with a congressional delegation and then released a statement saying that President Obama's July deadline to start withdrawing troops has "given courage to the enemies of Afghanistan." Joshua Partlow is in Kabul for the Washington Post.

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      Warren Olney

      former KCRW broadcaster

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      Producer, 'One year Later'

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      Joshua Partlow

      Washington Post

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    The full episode

    1 of 3
    Coming Home from the Iraq War
    1. 0:00Karzai Criticizes Troop Withdrawal TimelineYou’re reading this
    2. 7:21The Joys and Sorrows of Coming Home
    3. 43:55Oil Spill Hearings Reveal Chaos on Doomed Rig's Last Day
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