Hamid Karzai opened Afghanistan\'s parliament on Wednesday, after accusing \"foreign hands\" of influencing his decision to go ahead with the ceremony.
Hamid Karzai 10:28AM GMT 26 Jan 2011
The ceremony held in a national assembly compound comes four months after the country held its second post-Taliban parliamentary elections, the results of which have met with massive controversy over claims of widespread fraud.
\"Congratulations,\" Mr Karzai said after swearing the politicians in with the placing of a hand on a copy of the Koran, watched over by government ministers, foreign diplomats and the head of US-led Nato forces in the country, General David Petraeus.
The embattled Afghan president had last week said he would delay the opening of parliament for a month to allow time for a special tribunal to investigate claims of irregularities in September parliamentary elections.
Meeting with hundreds of losing candidates in his palace on Tuesday, Mr Karzai accused \"foreign hands\" of influencing his decision to go ahead with the ceremony.
\"Some foreign hands questioned our decisions and started instigation to create crises in our country,\" Mr Karzai said, according to a statement released by his office earlier.
News From: http://www.7StarNews.com
Wednesday, January 26, 2011
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