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...country continues to suffer from numerous potentially crippling problems: corruption and lawlessness are pervasive; civil servants often don't get paid; Karzai's power is largely limited to Kabul; warlords rule the countryside; the Afghan National Army is years from being a legitimate security force; and Finance Minister Ashraf Ghani is warning that the massive proliferation of poppy production threatens to turn Afghanistan into a narco-state. Among many diplomats, aid workers and Afghan officials, there is a growing sense of foreboding. "Everyone can see very little is happening and that, evidently, the U.S. is not serious about...
...year, after being elected chief minister of Jammu and Kashmir state, Mufti Mohammed Sayeed dismantled the feared special forces responsible for most of the abuses. In Srinagar, Kashmir's ancient lakeside city, some Muslim elders are encouraged by the words of peace emanating from New Delhi and Islamabad. Abdul Ghani Bhat, chairman of the separatist All Parties Hurriyat Conference, an alliance of 26 Kashmiri separatist parties and groups, said he was "optimistic" about the future. "The boys with guns will have to fall in line," said Bhat. "They will have to listen to reason." For now, the spectacle of India...
...Afghanistan’s new government fails] the international community would have lost a unique opportunity to illustrate that the clash of civilizations can be avoided,” Ghani said...
...also addressed the issue of education, especially for girls, and Ghani said that currently 40 percent of all enrolled students are female...
...future of Afghanistan’s economic development has international implications that Ghani said he feels are too significant to ignore. If the present situation fails to stabilize, he said that the international community will pay a higher price in the future than the cost of putting the country on the road to prosperity right...