Afghan parliament members sworn in amid outcry by dismissed lawmakers
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KABUL —Afghan security forces blocked nine dismissed lawmakers from entering parliament Saturday as some of their replacements were ushered in to take the oath of office.
Supporters of the lawmakers, who were ousted over allegations of fraud in last year's election, called the move a "coup" engineered by President Hamid Karzai.
"With the support of the people, we will use political and civil means to stand against the coup of Mr. Karzai and this coup will be doomed," said lawmaker Ahmad Behzad, a deputy speaker of the lower house of parliament who was among the lawmakers who decried Saturday's events.
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