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Karzai ‘Wins’ a 2nd Term in Afghanistan. Oh, Crap.

If you think the Afghanistan war effort was screwed up before, just you wait. President Hamid Karzai has won, by default, a second term as president after his main rival decided the elections were too corrupt to run in. That means Afghanistan avoids a messy, logistically challenging runoff vote. But it also leaves a kleptocratic system intact and raises serious questions about what exactly the United States and NATO are supposed to do next in Afghanistan. One of the primary goals in a counter....

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21 days ago

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