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Submitted by Karl K on Thu, 07/08/2010 - 22:07

Rachel helps put the current state of affairs in Afghanistan in some perspective. I'm one of those who has a hard time envisioning what success there will look like and yet she manages to make me feel some optimism.

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About the only major issue Rachel doesn't delve into here is the one about Afghan corruption. So intractable a problem that in an attempt to deal with it the US has reduced aid to Afghanistan by $4 billion over concerns it's undermining their efforts. There's a report that corruption has doubled since 2007 - something that report author Lorenzo Delesgues says, "...reduces the legitimacy of the state, it gives more legitimacy to the Taliban."

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