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...This is no way to build a country." WALI MASOOD, brother of late Northern Alliance leader Ahmed Shah Masood, speculating that Afghan President Hamid Karzai discussed with the country's powerful warlords the possibility of offering them positions in a future government in return for their support in upcoming elections...
...especially when fear itself becomes a threat to peace. Real strength also means finishing what you start—a call going unanswered in the deteriorating nation of Afghanistan. Our greatest success in Afghanistan is that its chief export is once again drugs instead of terrorism. The President, Hamid Karzai, is effectively the mayor of Kabul, beyond whose borders power lies in the hands of warlords and, increasingly, the Taliban. (Did you know the Taliban still exists?) The world knows that one of the best ways to evaluate strength is to see if a power can keep its promises: Afghanistan...
...Wolfowitz answered by citing Afghanistan, where interim President Hamid Karzai had on a number of occasions sharply criticized U.S. counterinsurgency actions. "And the answer there is you have got to be prepared to discuss, to negotiate, and also at the end of the day, to use the authority that is granted to us (to act independently)," Wolfowitz said. But the analogy may provide cold comfort: Karzai is far more openly dependent on the power and patronage of the U.S. than any Iraqi leadership can afford to be, and only the most unyielding optimist would imagine that Afghanistan is on track...
...Security Afghanistan 's interim government may be inexperienced, but it's already learned one valuable skill: how to raise money. At a conference in Berlin of international donors, opened by German Chancellor Gerhard Schröder, the government of President Hamid Karzai drummed up $8.2 billion in pledges over the next three years, with $4.4 billion for this year alone, surpassing even the government's wish list. But as Karzai admitted, the big donations don't mean the country's problems are close to being solved. With elections just six months away, says Barnett Rubin of the Center on International...
Afghan president Hamid Karzai was not necessarily the choice of all the various Afghan factions and there are people who feel strongly that there was interference in the political process that led to his selection. As you reported, to this day Karzai is protected by U.S. bodyguards. If Afghans regard his presidency as legitimate, presumably some of them could be found to perform this duty. PAUL KUNINO LYNCH Katoomba, Australia...