Winning the Battle, Losing the Faith Op-Ed

To fight corruption, President Hamid Karzai should immediately do three things: fire those seen as the most corrupt cabinet ministers, provincial governors and district governors; arrest and prosecute the most notorious warlords from the civil war in the 1990s, who committed unspeakable atrocities b...

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Published inThe New York times
Main Author NATHANIEL C. FICK and VIKRAM J. SINGH
Format Newspaper Article
LanguageEnglish
Published New York, N.Y New York Times Company 05.10.2008
EditionLate Edition (East Coast)
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Corruption
Foreign policy
Iraq War-2003
Afghanistan
United States > US
WASHINGTON
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Summary:To fight corruption, President Hamid Karzai should immediately do three things: fire those seen as the most corrupt cabinet ministers, provincial governors and district governors; arrest and prosecute the most notorious warlords from the civil war in the 1990s, who committed unspeakable atrocities but are living openly in Kabul or the provinces; and break the relationship between the government and the country's largest industry, the poppy trade. Decentralizing power does not necessarily require amending the Constitution, but it does demand that central authorities in Afghanistan focus on providing services of national scope: an army and police force, roads, electricity, a postal service and the like.
ISSN:0362-4331