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Date:
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Wednesday, July 24, 2002
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Time:
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5:30 PM — 7:00 PM
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Location:
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Wohlstetter Conference Center, Twelfth Floor, AEI 1150 Seventeenth Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20036
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About This Event
For two decades Afghanistan has been little more than a battleground. Hamid Karzai and his government now face the monumental task of building a functioning state. Though the defeat of the Taliban and the results of last month's Loya Jirga (Grand Council) elections have created prospects for a better future, the recent assassination of Vice President Abdul Qadir is evidence of how difficult the road ahead will be. Kabul's new government must come to terms with autonomy-seeking local governors, warlords, and pockets of Taliban and al Qaeda resistance. Afghani leaders face a shattered economy and a rising tide of returning refugees as U.S. and NATO military operations continue. Foreign Minister Abdullah will describe the minefield his country must cross on the way to prosperity and stability.
Agenda
| 5:15 p.m. | Registration and Coffee |
| 5:30 | Introduction: | Radek Sikorski, NAI |
| | Speaker: | Abdullah Abdullah, minister for foreign affairs of Afghanistan |
| 7:00 | Adjournment |
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