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Tuesday, February 26, 2008

Musharraf might agree to quit power: Biden

NEW YORK: US Senate Foreign Relations Committee Joseph Biden said that Musharraf would quit the office peacefully.

"I had the impression that he is prepared to retire to being president, which is largely a ceremonial role," but that his withdrawal "will depend on how the coalition government is formed and how he is treated personally," Biden said in a function.

Biden, who heads the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, was in Pakistan recently along with Senators John Kerry and Chuck Hagel to monitor the elections.

He said that NATO forces failure in Afghanistan could put Nato’s future in jeopardy.