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Pakistan: Bush Administration Sticks with Pakistani Military
BY RICHARD WEITZ
President George W. Bush is talking to Pakistan’s civilian leaders, but the US presidential administration continues to exhibit a stubborn preference for maintaining close ties with the Pakistani military, an institution that is widely discredited inside the South Asian state.
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ALMANAC FACTS
Area: 647,500 sq km (250,001 sq mi)
Population: 28,513,677
Capital: Kabul
President: Hamid Karzai
Religion: Muslim
Life Expectancy: 42.46
GDP per capita: $700
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