American officials say that they monitor closely the ethnic composition of the Afghan security forces for any hints of ethnic tension.

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Many Pushtuns were hoping that the loya jirga, the grand council that nominated a new government in June, would produce a rebalancing of the cabinet's ethnic composition.

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What is its ethnic composition?

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The composition of our ethnic population and also the difficulties presented by our geographical terrain make communication and development difficult.

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