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Afghanistan: lawmakers sack defense, interior ministers over border violence

Angry lawmakers move against ministers as border violence increases.

Afghan Special Court begins tossing out parliamentarians

Members of Parliament wait for Afghan President Hamid Karzai to inaugurate the new parliament in Kabul on January 26, 2011. Karzai opened Afghanistan's parliament on January 26, ending a week-long stand-off with the newly elected MPs who had threatened to inaugurate the legislature with or without him.

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