Looking back from Karzai’s second inauguration
In 2001, many were excited at the prospect of Hamid Karzai leading Afghanistan’s transitional government forward. After winning the country’s first presidential election, hopes ran high that Karzai would usher in a transparent, clean government. The recent presidential elections, however, were messy and tarnished by allegations of fraud. What’s happened since the heady days of 2001?
We’re joined by Ambassador Robert Finn, associate research scholar with the Liechtenstein Institute at Princeton and former U.S. ambassador to Afghanistan from 2002 ? 2003. We are also joined by Nadir Atash, former Afghan government official and author of “Turbulence ? The Tumultuous Journey of One Man’s Quest for Change in Afghanistan.”
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