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Afghanistan's presidential candidate Gul Agha Sherzai, front, speaks during an election campaign rally in Mazar-e-Sharif, Afghanistan, Sunday, March 30, 2014. Eight Afghan presidential candidates are campaigning for the third presidential election. Elections will take place on April 5, 2014. (AP Photo/Mustafa Najafizada)
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National Edition News cover for April 16, 2014 - Reports show Afghanistan unready to govern: Afghanistan's presidential candidate Gul Agha Sherzai, front, speaks during an election campaign rally in Mazar-e-Sharif, Afghanistan, Sunday, March 30, 2014. Eight Afghan presidential candidates are campaigning for the third presidential election. Elections will take place on April 5, 2014. (AP Photo/Mustafa Najafizada)
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Supporters of Afghanistan’s presidential candidate and former foreign minister Zalmai Rassoul, listen to his speech during his campaign rally in Herat, Afghanistan. (Associated Press)
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"The new Afghan government will have to make difficult political decisions both to increase revenue and to reduce expenditures," said Jarrett Blanc, deputy special representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan. (DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE)
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Rep. Jason Chaffetz, the Utah Republican who heads the House Oversight and Government Reform subcommittee overseeing the USAID spending in Afghanistan, told The Washington Times that he first learned of the fund during a heated exchange with the agency's top official in the region last week and immediately thought, "Something here doesn't smell right." (Associated Press)
