U.S. Army Sgt. Ryan Kennedy and Spc. Douglas Petty radio in possible enemy locations during a patrol in Katalai village in Afghanistan's Khowst province, June 15, 2011. Kennedy and Petty are assigned to the 1st Infantry Division's 1st Battalion, 6th Field Artillery Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team. U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Joseph WatsonAfghan Officials At Loggerheads As U.S. Withdrawal Looms -- Washington Post
KABUL — A political crisis erupted in the Afghan capital over the weekend after a special investigative court found that 62 legislators had won their seats by fraud last year and ordered them removed from parliament. The legislators vowed to remain and threatened to stage street protests, while a majority of sympathetic lawmakers voted to fire the attorney general and six Supreme Court justices.
“This is like the revolution in Tunisia,” declared Hafiz Mansour, a lawmaker disqualified by the tribunal, which was convened by President Hamid Karzai. “Mr. Karzai wants to show he can do whatever he wants, even if it violates the law and the constitution. Instead, he has brought the entire parliament together against him. We are not leaving.”
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