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(3 comments) SHARE Wednesday, October 7, 2009 Afghanistan - The Great Pretend Game
Too many decisions about what to do in Afghanistan are based on wishful thinking or a failure to connect what is happening on the ground. Edward Girardet, who has covered Afghanistan for 30 years, recently returned to see what experienced aid representatives and others who have worked in Afghanistan since the 1980s, 90s and 2000s to see what they think has gone wrong, and what needs to be done to make it right.