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June 30, 2010

Claim: U.S. Ambassador Threatens Afghan Attorney General With Dismissal
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In other news from Afghanistan, the top Afghan prosecutor has accused US
ambassador Karl Eikenberry of threatening to have him fired unless he
laid fraud charges against an Afghan banker. Attorney general Mohammad
Is’haq Alko says Eikenberry told him: "If you don’t jail him, you must
resign." In a statement, the U.S. embassy didn’t deny Alko’s account,
saying it had no comment.



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