After Karzai --- Afghanistan’s outgoing president helped heal a shattered country. He also winked at corruption and ruled like a tribal chief. His successor will inherit a nation that’s in better shape than you might think—and a government with little power to keep it that way. --- Western officials “wanted me weak,” Karzai told me. They “wanted an isolated president, a president they could use.” - More, Mujib Mashal, The Atlantic, http://www.theatlantic.com/features/archive/2014/06/after-karzai/372294/