
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — Under pressure over impending impeachment charges, President Pervez Musharraf announced he would resign Monday, ending nearly nine years as one of the United States' most important allies in the campaign against terrorism.
But there were intense concerns in Washington that Mr. Musharraf's departure would open a new era of instability in the nuclear-armed country of 165 million people, as the fragile coalition jockeys for his share of power.
In Afghanistan, meanwhile, government officials expressed satisfaction that Mr. Musharraf was leaving. The relationship between the neighboring countries has long been tense, with Afghan officials blaming Pakistan's failure to crack down on militants in the border region for the increasing violence in Afghanistan.
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