This was a bad week for Afghanistan optimists. First, the British media leaked a classified U.S. report — based on thousands of interrogations of Taliban and former Taliban militants — concluding that the Taliban are set to retake Afghanistan with Pakistan’s assistance; and that the Western-backed government of Hamid Karzai is widely mocked and distrusted. Most Afghans despise the murderous methods used by the Taliban. But they seem to despise official Afghan corruption even more.
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