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Article: Afghans to Karzai: You failed us.(President Hamid Karzai)
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- The Christian Science Monitor
- Article date:
- October 23, 2008
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Byline: Mark Sappenfield Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor
Kabul, Afghanistan -- Hajji Mohammed Aman sits in the half-light of his west Kabul real estate office and makes a demand of his president.
"When you decide to do something, you have to do it, even if it costs you your life," he says, firmly but without bluster.
The comment hints at why the country that once chose President Hamid Karzai to lead it into a new, democratic future is now turning against him. Both at home and abroad, Mr. Karzai is facing mounting criticism that he has lacked the courage to stop the government's descent into corruption and ineffectiveness.
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