From correspondents in Islamabad
US President George W. Bush's election victory stirred reactions ranging from relief to outrage in Afghanistan and Pakistan, and fears over what four more years of the war on terror could mean for the Muslim world. Both governments have been close supporters of the US-led drive to oust the Taliban and hunt down remnants al-Qaeda, and were expected to welcome the result. Yet many ordinary citizens had hoped for a more moderate president in John Kerry. "A win for Bush will be bad for Muslims," said laundry shop manager Mohammed Ali Akhtar, 48, who was watching the results come in on Fox TV in the Pakistani capital, Islamabad. "He invaded Afghanistan, then Iraq and now he is planning to hit Syria and Iran."
"I just hate him. I just hate his face," said market trader Mehtab Butt, 50, in the eastern city of Lahore.
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