AN AFGHAN RECONSTRUCTION HORROR STORY -- by Michael Weiss

AN AFGHAN RECONSTRUCTION HORROR STORY
A major troop surge is currently underway in Afghanistan, where in the past year more American soldiers were killed than in any previous year since the war began. President Obama has called the country "the central focus, the central front, on our battle against terrorism," citing the need for the Afghan government to do more to combat resurgent al Qaeda and Taliban forces. But if the first internationally led endeavor in post-9/11 nation-building fails it won't be solely because of a battlefield defeat. The warped nature of the Afghan political system will be as much to blame. MORE

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