nytimes.com - 26 days ago
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KABUL, Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai , in his first speech since he was declared the winner of the much disputed presidential election, said Tuesday that he wanted to tackle corruption but made no specific commitments to reorganizing his administration.“Afghanistan has been tarnished by ...
news.bbc.co.uk - 28 days ago
nytimes.com - 18 days ago
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WASHINGTON When President Obama delivered a rare
and public call last week for President Hamid Karzai...
to crack down on corruption in Afghanistan , there was one glaring omission from his remarks an “or else.” Mr. Obama’s exclusion of the obvious ...
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In Leaning on Karzai, U.S. Has Limited Leverage
timesonline.co.uk - 24 days ago
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Tossing the COIN in Afghanistan
Antiwar.com Original —
... on their guy, former Northern Alliance official Abdullah Abdullah, to drop out, avoid a runoff, and be content – for the moment – to wield some influence inside the Afghan government with the appointment of a few ministers from the ranks of his supporters. Karzai is pledging to clean up corruption, and everyone is supposed to join hands and sing "Kumbaya" as the Yanks ...
Plan B
Mudville Gazette —
... time the administration did not have a realistic plan about how to get another leader elected by the Afghan people. And so that in turn has been a factor in getting Karzai to hedge against the U.S. being administratively against him by assuring his prospects by making deals with others." Some of those others could now find heir names on that list of desired high-profile heads on a platter.
For his part, in his first speech following his victory Karzai pledged to address corruption in his country: ...
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