A New Deal for Afghanistan? - Huffpost

Will Afghan National Security Forces, trained and equipped by the West, defect or melt away? Or will some internal mass uprising reveal a degree of discontent with the efforts, investments and sacrifices of the past decade, sufficient to cast them aside? People are even asking themselves, 'was the whole effort a mistake?' because of the relentless negative portrayal of my country in the media and among commentators. Wais Ahmad Barmak - Afghanistan
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