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July 28, 2011

Afghan transition: Just another word for nothing left to lose?

Afghanistan appears on the verge of collapse. The prospect of civil war looms. Political gridlock; the impending collapse of the banking system; falling currency and property values; endemic corruption; capital flight; frozen aid funding; escalating insurgent attacks; ethnic groups planning to re-arm; a power vacuum in the south; targeted assassinations… this is the landscape of […]