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A tribal elder bows and kisses the hand of Marjah District leader Haji Zahir before a meeting of tribal elders marking the opening of the renovated district center. The seating of Haji Zahir and the creation of Marjah as a new district of Helmand has been a central part of the ‘government in a box’ that the Maries have been using to convince local leaders to lend their trust to the Kabul lead government and away from the Taliban. |
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