We are not going to be able to rebuild Afghanistan into a Jeffersonian democracy.
Military surge in Afghanistan to eliminate the Taliban.
There's no place for mob justice in Afghanistan.
You have been in Afghanistan I perceive.
In many cases, the authorities can't really prove if the person is in danger or not, because they can't send a person to Afghanistan to investigate each and every case.
The biggest mistake Barack Obama could have made is to change quite a few things in his Afghanistan policy. He increased the number of troops and at the same time set the US withdrawal date to 2014. Now the United States has to ensure that Afghanistan does not immediately collapse after being left to itself in 2014.