41. None of the Northern Alliance groups includes significant numbers of Pashtuns, the ethnic majority in Afghanistan and a major component of any future government, officials said. 42. Northern Alliance officials have insisted at press briefings in Kabul that women would be included in any future government. 43. Pakistan won cautious support from Britain Friday in its quest to make room in a future Afghan government for former Taliban members. 44. Others want the administration to require local communities to change their building codes as a condition of future government help. 45. Part of the problem is that any future Afghan government would require the participation of Pushtuns, who make up the largest single ethnic group in Afghanistan. 46. Powell appeared to support the notion of a Taliban presence in a future government. 47. Preparatory Committee and Selection Committee member Xu Simin said the decision would hamper the high degree of autonomy of the future government. 48. Rabbani also said he would consider allowing some elements of the Taliban into a future government. 49. Reserve Bank of New Zealand Gov. Don Brash said he will resign if a future government orders him to try to achieve other objectives apart from fighting inflation. 50. She said she worries most about people who have borrowed money to expand or start their herd and used future government payments as collateral. |
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