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The result this time is likely to be another fraught exercise

Nato says insurgent attacks in Afghanistan are down but UN and humanitarian organisations are reporting large upticks in violence

The Afghan president is gambling the future of his people — not that he especially cares

Karzai’s groundwork helped Taliban make an easy entry into Kandahar

People aren't leaving anything to chance, though with parliament under observation by the country's version of the Occupy movement

A remarkable correlation exists between severe and systemic corruption and ideological extremism

The US reaction seems reminiscent of the intervention in Afghanistan

The post-Karzai government is facing a credibility crisis