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Writing In Afghan Province Curtailed By The One In Charge

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noun

• the person who steers a ship

34%6 Surname of an Afghan governor of Balkh province
noun

• Afghan leader of forces opposed to the Taliban; won fame by successfully resisting the Soviets in the 1980s; was assassinated by men posing as journalists (1953-2001)

32%12Curtailed form of writing
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• a shortened form of a word or phrase

• shortening something by omitting parts of it

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