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November 23, 2011

Can Teetering Karzai Hold On to Power?

Robert Dreyfuss, The Diplomat

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Hamid Karzai took one more wobbly step along the tightrope he walks as president of Afghanistan last week.

 

Coming just a couple of weeks before the world community holds a global summit on Afghanistan in Bonn on December 5, Karzai adroitly navigated through a four-day traditional grand assembly, or loya jirga, that he summoned to strengthen his political standing at home and to proclaim a set of conditions for the evolving U.S.-Afghanistan relationship as the United States draws down its forces in advance of 2014. It was a performance watched intently by friend and foe alike. Like the skilled survivor that Karzai has proven to be, once again he managed to provide a little something for everyone, though it’s unclear how long his balancing act can...

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