NY Times reporter allowed back into Afghanistan

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NEW YORK (AP) — A correspondent for The New York Times expelled from Afghanistan over a story he wrote about that country’s recent presidential election can return after its newly inaugurated president ordered the previous administration’s decision reversed.

Mohammad Daoud Sultanzai, an adviser to Afghan President Asharf Ghani Ahmadzai, said Sunday the country’s attorney general has been told to allow Matthew Rosenberg back into Afghanistan.

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