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Afghanistan at the Crossroads |
| Section: CURRENT ISSUES / MIDDLE EAST IN FOCUS |
| Author: James Emery |
| Publication: The world & I online |
| Issue Date: 9/1/2007 |
| Size: 3,143 Words, 20,768 Characters |
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“As the country now turns a new leaf, our ambition is to give hope to each and every Afghan” -- Hamid Karzai, President of Afghanistan.
The future of Afghanistan is uncertain as it confronts some of its most difficult challenges. The Taliban, bolstered by the quagmire in Iraq, have successfully regrouped and engaged in bloody attacks against Western troops. The Karzai government is plagued by corruption, lack of economic growth, and military weakness. Many Afghans refer to President Hamid Karzai as the mayor of Kabul because that’s about the extent of his influence.
Afghanistan began deteriorating politically shortly after the Taliban were routed by U.S. and Northern Alliance forces in the fall of 2001. The soldiers, equipment, money, and motivation required for a successful...
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...lements detrimental to Afghanistan and the United States. Pakistan has many radical madrassas (Islamic seminaries) indoctrinating students with anti-western fervor. A growing number of these students have joined up with Taliban and al-Qaeda insurgents.
The Afghan drug trade and the political situation in Pakistan will be covered in-depth by James Emery in upcoming issues of The World and I.
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