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Posted: Sat Mar 06, 2010 12:27 pm Post subject: Afghan: Marjah chief's crime record will be probed
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<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/world/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100306/ap_on_re_as/as_afghan_marjah_chief"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100306/capt.1333cf889ee045fd8d6c346807c91cd1.afghanistan_marjah_chief_tok801.jpg?x=87&y=130&q=85&sig=pk5Gl5ihL_iXjEVrpJspwg--" align="left" height="130" width="87" alt="In this Feb. 22, 2010 photo released by the United States Agency for International Development, Abdul Zahir speaks to locals during a shura, or meeting, in Marjah, Afghanistan. Abdul Zahir, appointed as the new civilian chief in Marjah just seized from the Taliban, has a violent criminal record in Germany, but Western officials said Saturday, March 6, 2010, they are not pushing to oust him. (AP Photo/United States Agency for International Development, Rory Donohoe)" border="0" /></a>AP - Afghan government officials are not rushing to oust the man they chose to bring fresh and credible governance to a town just seized from the Taliban, but his newly disclosed violent criminal record in Germany will be investigated further, officials said Saturday.</p><br clear="all"/>
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