SocraticGadfly: Karzai ups ante on West

August 18, 2010

Karzai ups ante on West

With NATO member states upping the push for Afghan President Hamid Karzai to root out corruption, he's responded.

But, not by agreeing; instead, he's fighting back.

Karzai's pushback against Western demands he crack down on corruption? Demand "contractors" leave within 4 months.

Theoretically, this includes local "contractors," but, really, it's targeted at Western companies.

Karzai knows NATO can't directly run operations that quickly. This is either a tit-for-tat, or a move to get his own "contractors" into play. Or both!

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