KABUL, Afghanistan — The result of Afghanistan’s Aug. 20 presidential vote could not be worse: Victory for an incumbent government that will likely be even more corrupt and dysfunctional than before, along with a disputed result and no realistic mechanism for resolution.
There is growing concern about an outbreak of violence here in the capital city of Kabul, and lines have been forming outside banks as locals withdraw funds in anticipation of trouble. On Sept. 8, three civilians were killed in a suicide bombing outside the NATO military base at the Kabul international airport; and on Sept. 2, a suicide-bomber attack at a mosque east of Kabul killed at least 24, including the country’s deputy intelligence chief.
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