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  Afghanistan government in crisis amid political standoff
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News DateFriday, August 12, 2016 09:00:00 PM UTC0:0
DescriptionAfghanistan's long-running political crisis took a new turn on Friday when key allies of Chief Executive Abdullah Abdullah threatened to withdraw their support for the government unless President Ashraf Ghani meets key demands just weeks before a U.S.-brokered power-sharing agreement between the two men is due to expire.

The deal, negotiated by U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, followed the fractious 2014 elections in which both men claimed victory, and resulted in a unity government of the two Afghan leaders, in which Abdullah reluctantly accepted the secondary role.

As the deal nears its conclusion next month, Abdullah's supporters say he will no longer tolerate being marginalized by a president he hasn't met one-on-one for three months.

Abdullahs' own frustration boiled over publicly on Thursday when he said Ghani was not fit to be president.
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