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11 December 2009updated 05 Oct 2023 8:02am

Why we’re doomed in Afghanistan

One brief story says it all

By Mehdi Hasan

From the Associated Press:

The mayor of Kabul continued to run Afghanistan’s capital city Wednesday despite being sentenced to four years in jail for corruption, raising questions about President Hamid Karzai’s campaign to prove he’s serious about tackling graft and bribery in the government.

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