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European monitors have not deemed any Tajik presidential or parliamentary election to be free and fair.

Like Mr Dostum, he was accused in a report last year by a human-rights watchdog of war crimes before 2001.Dr Abdullah, an ethnic Tajik (though with Pushtun blood), was foreign minister for the Northern Alliance, which, with American air and special-forces support, toppled the Taliban in 2001.

Nevertheless, he was seen as a defender of Pushtun interests and publicly criticised what he considered to be the excessive Tajik influence in liberated Afghanistan.

A month later an ambush left at least 28 Tajik soldiers dead.

At a time when many Tajik leaders are spooked by fears that the government might rush a peace deal with the Taliban insurgency, it is not surprising that Mr Karzai, in a private meeting last month, begged shareholders to return the cash voluntarily.Mr Zakhilwal insists the case is with the attorney-general.

In reality, Mr Kuvatov had limited influence and did not enchant all Tajik democracy advocates.

He added that 67 potential staffers are currently studying abroad to develop Tajik theatre when they return.

At the same time, Tajikistan is heavily dependent on Russia for economic and strategic aid and Moscow maintains an army division on Tajik soil.

The Northern Alliance, and in particular the Tajik-dominated Jamiat-i-Islami faction, which controls Kabul, has little apparent reason to go along with a process that is likely to dilute its power.

But ten days after he re-took control of it, in the wake of the relatively bloodless uprising that forced the Taliban out, Mr Khan still has the air of a chief, not a politician.Both his Sunni ethnic-Tajik supporters and the minority Hazaras who claim Mongol descent and are mostly Shias are demanding the political spoils of the military campaign.

He was one of the few influential Pushtuns in the Tajik-led alliance.