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Afghanistan

Afghan Opposition Leader Wins Parliamentary Presidency

Members of Afghanistan's parliament are sworn in on 19 December (epa)

Members of Afghanistan's parliament are sworn in on 19 December (epa)

21 December 2005 (RFE/RL) -- Afghan opposition leader Yunus Qanuni was elected president of Afghanistan's lower house of parliament today, narrowly beating an ally to President Hamid Karzai.

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December 21, 2005


Qanuni was chosen to lead the 249-seat lower house of parliament with 122 votes against 117 for his closest challenger, Abdul Rabb Rasoul Sayyaf.


Qanuni is an ethnic Tajik who came in a distant second to Karzai in the 2004 presidential elections.


Yesterday, a close ally of Karzai -- Sibghatullah Mojadidi - was picked to head the 102-seat upper house.


The Afghan parliament met on 19 December for the first time in more than 30 years, capping a transition to democracy that began with the U.S.-led
toppling of the Taliban regime in 2001.


(RFE/RL's Afghan Service/Reuters)

 
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