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...economically distressed area's drug activity - from marijuana grown in the national forest to methamphetamines and prescription drugs found elsewhere - is often intermingled with political corruption and that "in the last several years, the Justice Department has won indictments and convictions of officials and other local residents for vote fraud, other corruption and other crimes." The area is within the jurisdiction of the Appalachian High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area task force, which eventually created another task force to take on political corruption. (See the top 25 crimes of the century...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Government Distrust and a Dead Census Taker | 9/25/2009 | See Source »

...things stand, Karzai will likely be confirmed as Afghanistan's President by November, muddied though he may by widespread election fraud. Washington must then decide: Is it worth backing a man who forfeited the trust of many Afghans and of the international community whom the harried President has tried to scapegoat for his government's corrupt incompetence...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Why Karzai May Be Obama's Best Bet in Afghanistan | 9/25/2009 | See Source »

...north, is becoming extremely unstable. In August, the number of coalition casualties had doubled compared to the number of casualties just two months earlier, and already 362 soldiers have died this year compared to a total of 294 in 2008. The Taliban is also drawing strength from accusations of fraud in the recent elections to de-legitimize Hamid Karzaiā€™s government. Reporters need to respect this precarious situation, and they must act with appropriate prudence...

Author: By Anna E. Boch | Title: Reckless Reporting is Inexcusable | 9/22/2009 | See Source »

...There is no confusion what Abdullah thinks should be done. A first-round Karzai victory, he warns, will mean a government with the same flaws as the old one. "The people who committed the fraud will want posts in the next Karzai government, and we'll have more of the same greed," Abdullah says. The presidential challenger advocates an interim caretaker government until a second round of voting takes place. "It's only by showing the credibility of the election process that we have any chance." Otherwise, "this country will slip out of our hands to the Taliban." (See pictures...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Why Karzai's Rival Abdullah Won't Budge on Runoff | 9/21/2009 | See Source »

...Karzai blames the international community for Afghanistan's troubles," Abdullah says scornfully. "But when he first came to the palace, he needed foreign bodyguards because he couldn't find 30 Afghans that he trusted." Abdullah also says Karzai's popularity has sunk so low after the allegations of massive fraud that if international forces were to leave Afghanistan tomorrow, "Why, Karzai wouldn't last eight minutes in his palace...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Why Karzai's Rival Abdullah Won't Budge on Runoff | 9/21/2009 | See Source »

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