DAWN TO DUSK NEWS: Afghan President Karzai becomes father again at 56

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paid a brief visit to the Fortis Hospital to see his wife. </span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">NEW DELHI (AFP) - Afghan President </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"></span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">Hamid Karzai </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"></span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">has become a father
again at the age of 56 after his wife gave birth to their third child in India,
according to an embassy statement sent to AFP Friday.</span></div>
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satellite town of Gurgaon earlier this week, the statement said.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">Karzai paid a brief visit to the Fortis Hospital on Wednesday to
see his wife, 44, and new child as he flew on to Sri Lanka where he is on a
two-day trip.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">The leader, who has close ties with New Delhi, is set to retire
from office after elections set for April 5 having led his war-wracked country
since 2001.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">Both of his other children -- a son and a daughter -- were born in
Afghanistan, but due to an unspecified "medical complication"
Karzai s wife Zinat was advised to travel to seek specialised care in
India.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">The child was born on Tuesday at around 9:30 am (0400 GMT), the
Afghan embassy in New Delhi said in the statement.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">In an interview last year to the BBC, Zinat explained that her
husband of 15 years doted on his young family but often found it difficult to
find time for them due to demands on his time.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">"Sometimes, perhaps on Fridays, he might be free for an hour
or so, so he will go for a walk with me and the children. We all go out
together - once in a while," she said.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">She also stressed that for them, despite deep-rooted cultural
preferences for boys in Afghanistan, they were equally happy to have a
daughter.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">"For us... there is no difference between a boy and a
girl," she said. "A daughter is the best gift from God."</span></div>
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Afghan President Karzai becomes father again at 56

Karzai paid a brief visit to the Fortis Hospital to see his wife. NEW DELHI (AFP) - Afghan President Hamid Karzai has...