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INNOCENT AND MARKUS: Afghanistan’s corruption breeds failure

Successful withdrawal requires tougher action against official thievery

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    • By Malou Innocent and Danny Markus

    Monday, May 21, 2012

    • Afghan President Hamid Karzai gestures during a news conference in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Tuesday, March 6, 2012. (AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus)

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    Failing to appreciate the depths of Afghan corruption trivializes a primary motive that spurs many Afghans to fight, and many more to give up hope.

    Malou Innocent is a foreign-policy analyst at the Cato Institute. Danny Markus has lived and worked in Afghanistan, on and off, since 2008.

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