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The Courage to Speak the Truth:
Sarah Chayes courageously addresses the failures of Afghan reconstruction policy in Kandahar in "The Punishment of Virtue". Corrupt warlords continue to bring a reign of terror and fear upon the Afghan people. These were the men who killed 50,000 people in Kabul alone during the Afghan civil war. Pakistan, the main supporters of the Taliban, quietly funds the Taliban insurgency on one hand and demands more money from the United States on other hand while strategically release an Al Qaeda suspect every 3 months to appease American politicians. As a result, the courageous American soldiers tasked with defending and rebuilding Afghanistan are left as vulnerable as the Afghan civilians to the growing insurgency. I am married to an Afghan and will tell you that any policy that strenghthens Pakistan and the corrupt Afghan warlords is bound to fail.
| Author: | Sarah Chayes | | Binding: | Audio CD | | Dewey Decimal Number: | 909 | | EAN: | 9781400103089 | | Edition: | Unabridged | | ISBN: | 1400103088 | | Publication Date: | 2006-10-01 |
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