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Afghanistan: Next President’s Top Challenge

Juan Cole 11/02/2008

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The British commander of an elite special operations unit in Afghanistan, Major Sebastian Morley, has resigned over what he says is the inadequate equipment given by the British government to his troops, leading to the deaths of some of them.

The US military claims it killed 2 dozen neo-Taliban in a recent battle.

Can the US kill its way to victory in Afghanistan?

One third of Afghans is suffering from chronic food insecurity, which may be a bigger story that the resurgent Taliban.

Aljazeera English explores the challenge of Afghanistan for the next president.

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Juan Cole is the founder and chief editor of Informed Comment. He is Richard P. Mitchell Professor of History at the University of Michigan and an adjunct professor, Gulf Studies Center, Qatar University. He is author of, among many other books, Muhammad: Prophet of Peace amid the Clash of Empires. Follow him at @jricole.

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