Anxiety and confusion
about what will happen after the foreign forces leave permeates every
aspect of society. Political debate about an Afghanistan post-2014 is
getting more vocal. Some political leaders threaten to take up arms
while others preach progress, development and peace. Young Afghans with
money and connections are trying to flee the country before 2014.
There
also is mounting uncertainty about the upcoming transfer of power. At
the same time that foreign troops are scheduled to complete their
withdrawal in 2014, Afghans will go to the polls to elect a successor to
President Hamid Karzai, who is barred by the constitution from running
for a third term.
The Afghan people already
view their government as weak and corrupt and those doubtful of a
peaceful future say that if the upcoming presidential election is rigged
and yields an illegitimate leader, civil war could erupt between ethnic
groups backed by neighboring countries trying to influence
Afghanistan's future.
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