Afghan leader thanks Harper for extending mission

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OTTAWA — Afghan President Hamid Karzai has offered his formal thanks to Prime Minister Stephen Harper for extending the Canadian military mission to Afghanistan for an extra two years.

Harper is now proposing that Canada take over leadership of the command centre for the U.S.-led mission to Afghanistan in late 2007 and assume leadership of a wider mission under NATO auspices in 2008.

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