Arguing for Afghan Reform from Within
August 31st, 2009 by Zack
Jamie Metzel and Christine Fair, both of whom served as international observers during the recent Afghan elections, in a Daily News Egypt op-ed call for Afghans to take the lead in reform. Despite Afghanistan’s rampant corruption and dependence on international largesse, the world community should refrain from developing its own standards from Afghan reform. Instead, they argue that internal reform is the only reform that can succeed. To support this necessary change, the authors believe that foreign actors should call on the next Afghan government to establish its own benchmarks for accountability and that international assistance should be provided as long as those benchmarks are met.
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