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November 7, 2012

Hamid Karzai's Misplaced Priorities

New York Times, New York Times

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It would be impossible to overstate the challenges facing Afghanistan and the urgency of addressing them while American troops are still in the country. Instead of doing that, President Hamid Karzai is again conjuring up scapegoats and false alarms and diverting attention from what really matters.

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