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2012-10-08 Afghanistan

Afghanistan's government 'could collapse' after 2014 - report

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Posted by tipper 2012-10-08 10:26|| || Front Page|| [11131 views ] Top

#1 "Unexpectedly" /s

Posted by tipover 2012-10-08 10:51|| 2012-10-08 10:51|| Front Page Top

#2 The International Crisis Group (ICG) says the Afghan police and army are unprepared for security responsibility.

...and never would be prepared without a tectonic change in culture. Best case would have been to do with the non-Pushtun northern tribes what was done with the Kurds, making them autonomous and self sustaining, if not a constant pain in the a$$ to those to the south.

Posted by Procopius2k 2012-10-08 11:44|| 2012-10-08 11:44|| Front Page Top

#3 We have a history of 5,000 years

Prostitution's been around longer than that.

Posted by Pappy 2012-10-08 11:48|| 2012-10-08 11:48|| Front Page Top

#4 Nuke the whole country. Dump all toxic waste into it.

Posted by Spogum Henbane7455 2012-10-08 14:10|| 2012-10-08 14:10|| Front Page Top

#5 What government?

Posted by European Conservative 2012-10-08 14:49|| 2012-10-08 14:49|| Front Page Top

#6 They have a history of 5,000 years alright. Let's roll it back to the Buddhist years. That might work.

Posted by Steve White 2012-10-08 15:46|| 2012-10-08 15:46|| Front Page Top

#7 Huh, don't look a day older than 1,400 years old...must the be attitude.

Posted by swksvolFF 2012-10-08 16:20|| 2012-10-08 16:20|| Front Page Top

#8 Karzai is packing up the Treasury as we speak.

Posted by mojo 2012-10-08 16:30|| 2012-10-08 16:30|| Front Page Top

#9 ICG REPORT = "... espec iff the [Afghan] Presidential elections are fraudulent".

* See also DAILY TIMES.PK > [Pakistan] WHOLE REGIME WOULD FALL IFF CONSTITUTION NOT FOLLOWED.

* SAME > FEAR OF CIVIL WAR MAKES AFGHANS UNWILLING TO RETURN.

IIUC, the US-NATO have two countries [AFPAK] to worry about come 2014, not just Afghanistan.

Posted by JosephMendiola 2012-10-08 20:52|| 2012-10-08 20:52|| Front Page Top

#10 We have a history of 5,000 years

Not to be mean, but what, exactly, do you have to show for it?

Posted by SteveS 2012-10-08 22:07|| 2012-10-08 22:07|| Front Page Top

#11 Go ahead, Steve - be mean.

That's the one thing they've definitely earned all by themselves.

Posted by Barbara 2012-10-08 22:09|| 2012-10-08 22:09|| Front Page Top

#12 primo Opium?

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