The West can encourage legitimacy and accountability in Afghanistan

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This article is a contribution to the Boston Review debate on counterinsurgency in Afghanistan. It argues that when the problem is cast in combat terms—Afghanistan as a theater in the “war on terrorism”—the solutions are inevitably military. But the central problem in Afghanistan is political.

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Aziz Hakimi

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The West can encourage legitimacy and accountability in Afghanistan

Aziz Hakimi

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