What Afghan Citizens Really Think
Cross-posted with MotherJones.com Flick/rybolov (Creative Commons) In the Western media, the views of Afghanistan’s political leaders and news of their latest political debacles—President Hamid Karzai’s standoff with the Parliament over his 24 cabinet nominations the most recent example—tend to dominate over all else; few and far between are the perspectives of those at the opposite end of the power structure, the Afghan citizens. Which is why the Kabul-based... Read More
Will U.S. Back Bogus Afghan Elections?
The fact that tomorrow’s presidential election in Afghanistan will be mired in corruption, fraud, and backroom dealing is all but certain, writes The Nation‘s Ann Jones, author of Kabul In Winter and an incisive voice on all things Afghan. The more pressing question, she says, is this: Will the U.S., in the name of demonstrating Afghanistan’s "progress" toward democracy, validate the election and deem it "credible"? If it does (and it very... Read More
