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Thievery, Treachery, Treason . . .: The struggle post-Taliban and what the U.S. should do.

National Review

| July 14, 2003 | STARR, S. FREDERICK | COPYRIGHT 2003 National Review, Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

The new Afghan government of Hamid Karzai is in deep trouble. The power of its domestic foes is growing daily. Inside the government, the minister of defense, Mohammed Fahim, is leading an unlikely Red-Green coalition of former Communists and jihadists from the Northern Alliance. Before the Karzai government could take power, Russia egged on the Northern Alliance to defy President Bush's orders-which it did, moving its forces into Kabul and immediately starting to pack the government with its own people. The Americans accepted this fait accompli, naively assuming that they could gradually shift power to Karzai, especially with the formation of a national army.

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