Although the Afghan National Army could help stabilise the country, many challenges remain, including lack of leadership, low literacy, and poor logistics capabilities.
Testimony by Mark L. Schneider, Senior Vice President, International Crisis Group to the Commission on Wartime Contracting in Iraq and Afghanistan, 5 February 2010, Washington, DC.
President Hamid Karzai’s re-election on 2 November 2009, following widespread fraud in the 20 August presidential and provincial polls, has delivered a critical blow to his government’s legitimacy.
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