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Kabul's streets were deserted early on Thursday with armoured vehicles blocking off major roads. Security officers even stopped people from walking on the streets.
The government declared Thursday a holiday and reporters were barred from attending the swearing-in ceremony.
Karzai was installed by the United States and its Afghan allies in 2001. He won a full term in the country's first democratic presidential election in 2004.
(Additional reporting by Jonathon Burch, Peter Graff and Yousuf Azimy; Editing by Paul Tait)
Shares in British banks rose on the FTSE 100 in morning trading following positive news on the Greek debt crisis.
Unite, the union, has gone to international unions, in its attempts to bring the...
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