{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Kabul Press","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.kabulpress.org","title":"Thomas Friedman: Afghan gov corruption is #1 obstacle to democracy— not Taliban","author_name":"Robert Maier","width":"600","height":"400","url":"https:\/\/mail.bamyanpress.com\/article3821.html","html":"\u003Ch4 class='title'\u003E\u003Ca href='https:\/\/mail.bamyanpress.com\/article3821.html'\u003EThomas Friedman: Afghan gov corruption is #1 obstacle to democracy— not Taliban\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/h4\u003E\u003Cblockquote class='spip'\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThomas Friedman, three-time Pulitzer prize-winning New York Times journalist and author whose columns are syndicated in one-hundred papers worldwide, recently wrote a column on the major problem facing Afghanistan.  His July 21 essay, from Helmand province, reflected hopefully on the new American military troops and their growing effort to push the Taliban out. \n\u003Cbr class='autobr' \/\u003E\nNot just repelling the autocratic Talibs but also developing public facilities, effective police and courts,  health clinics, (\u2026)\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\n"}