President Karzai of Afghanistan

Published: June 13, 2012, 8:24 a.m.

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It is 10 years since Hamid Karzai was first appointed as interim President of Afghanistan.

But what was his background and how did he come to be the leader of the war-torn country?

One of the President's old friends talks to Witness.

(Image: Hamid Karzai. Credit: AP / Brennan Linsley)

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