Republican VP candidate Palin to meet Afghanistan's Karzai (AFP)
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WASHINGTON (AFP) - Republican presidential candidate John McCain's running mate Sarah Palin will meet Afghan President Hamid Karzai next week in New York, a McCain campaign spokesman said.
Karzai will be in New York with leaders from around the world to participate in the United Nations General Assembly meeting.
McCain spokesman Tucker Bounds confirmed the meeting.
Palin, the 44-year-old first time governor of Alaska, is seen as a novice in the key area of foreign policy -- especially when measured against her Democratic counterpart Joseph Biden, with 36 years' experience on the Senate foreign affairs committee.
Palin got her first passport in 2007 when she traveled to visit Alaska National Guard -- of which she is commander in chief -- in Kuwait and Germany.
