Dexter Filkins, whose amazing book I highly recommend, has a great piece about the current moment in A-stan claiming fraud may have been "decisive" in the recent election. This whole excersise seems to be turning into a cautionary tale about political proxies in far flung wars (Anyone remember Diem in Vietnam?): "Seven Days That Shook Afghanistan."
Money quote: “If people decide that we could not give them anything through the democratic process, then the insurgency will be strengthened,” Mr. Abdullah said. “And then the United States will need to bring more troops and more resources here — and for what?”
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