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Started by NewsCaster, Jan 07, 2013, 03:30 PM

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Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai had harsh words for the U.S. during an exclusive interview with NBC's Atia Abawi.By Jim Maceda, NBC NewsKABUL, Afghanistan -- Nabilla Achmadi should be a poster child for the United States intervention in Afghanistan: She attends high school and is a member of the the country’s cricket team, both of which would have been unthinkable under the Taliban.

Despite this, she has decidedly mixed view of the foreign soldiers in her country.

“It is time for America to go,” she told NBC News, then added: “But after they do, the Taliban will recapture Afghanistan and their cruel rule will begin again, so maybe the U.S. should stay here."

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