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Afghanistan's Karzai faces huge challenges
Taliban violence has risen sharply since elections were first held in August and recent terror attacks have shown organized militants can strike at will, the BBC reported Wednesday.
U.S. President Barack Obama is working on an Afghan strategy that will require a decision on a request for an additional 40,000 U.S. troops from his Afghanistan commander, Gen. Stanley McChrystal, and ensuring there is a credible government in Kabul.
In his first speech after being re-elected Karzai promised to fight government corruption, the BBC reported.
Controlling drug-trafficking will be another challenge, the report said. The United Nations says eradication efforts have been a failure, while the financing of Taliban operations through the lucrative drug trade continues.
Other challenges facing Karzai include providing proper healthcare as Afghanistan's average life expectancy remains only 44, and improving literacy as about two-thirds of Afghans older than 15 years still cannot read and write, the report said.
Ensuring women's rights is another issue the Karzai government must tackle. Early this year a bill allowing a man to starve his wife if she refuses to have sex with him was passed.
Copyright 2009 by United Press International
This news arrived on: 11/04/2009
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