Clinton signals new line on Kabul

The presidential palace in Kabul is viewing Barack Obama’s move into the White House next week with great unease.

Hillary Clinton, who is set to become US secretary of state in a matter of days, this week labelled Afghanistan a “narco-state” whose government was “plagued by limited capacity and widespread corruption”.
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