Sam Zarifi
Sam Zarifi
address afghan basic bloody competence election figures free gun instead legitimacy needs parliament past people produced reflected represent rule schools wants
This election could have produced a parliament that really reflected the wants and needs of the Afghan people to be free from the rule of the gun . . . and for clinics, roads, schools and jobs. Instead what we may get is a parliament stocked with figures who represent the bloody past and who have very little legitimacy or competence to address the basic needs of the country.
afghans conference gains greater london occasion past rolling sleeves support weak
The London Conference should not be an occasion for celebratory backslapping, but for rolling up sleeves and making up for past weak performance. The gains made by Afghans are not sustainable without greater international support and commitment.
choose free mean opposition voice
The Maoists can voice their opposition to these elections, but that does not mean they are free to kill those who choose to participate.