DW.De
The Afghan election commission has said that the Taliban can stand in the country’s next presidential elections in 2014; a move that experts say can prove to be a double-edged sword for the war-torn nation.
Afghanistan’s next presidential elections are scheduled for April 5, 2014 and are seen by most observers as one of the most crucial elections in Afghanistan’s history, as they could either put the Afghan nation on the path of stability or plunge it into deeper turmoil.
Hamid Karzai, who is serving his second term as Afghanistan’s president, is constitutionally barred from running for president for a third time, and there is no prominent or popular candidate in sight.
Many experts say that President Karzai’s government is corrupt and incompetentThe elections can be detrimental for Afghanistan’s future as the NATO-led international forces will withdraw from the country by June 2014 after spending more than a decade in Afghanistan combating Islamist militants, particularly the former Afghan rulers, the Taliban.
What would be so unbelievable about that? After almost 30 years of IRA attacks in Northern Ireland the only thing that brought the peace, also brought Martin McGuinness and Gerry Adams leadership in government.
Terrorism doesn’t work? Maybe people need to realise what those in charge really need to change their ways. So, you have another election coming up and don’t think either candidate really represents you, or ignores your concerns? Yawn…
For the tree of liberty to thrive it requires the blood of patriots and tyrants. T. Jefferson
By the way exactly how much taxpayers money and more importantly, American soldiers,patriots all, lives lost. I hope those concerned that work against the American people realised their profit margins.