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Pakistan's Musharraf Plans Return to Politics (VOA On Assignment Feb. 15)

Published February 15, 2013

VOA Urdu Service reporter Ayesha Tanzeem joins On Assignment's Philip Alexiou to talk about her exclusive one-on-one interview last month with former Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf. The controversial former leader discussed the war in Afghanistan and his plans to re-enter Pakistani politics, and responded for the first time to recent allegations about his role in the 1999 Kargil War between Pakistan and India.

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"Pakistan's Musharraf Plans Return to Politic"

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