{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Kabul Press","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.kabulpress.org","title":"Obama’s speech— what about the cancer of corruption in the Karzai government?","author_name":"Robert Maier","width":"600","height":"400","url":"https:\/\/mail.bamyanpress.com\/article4314.html","html":"\u003Ch4 class='title'\u003E\u003Ca href='https:\/\/mail.bamyanpress.com\/article4314.html'\u003EObama’s speech— what about the cancer of corruption in the Karzai government?\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/h4\u003E\u003Cblockquote class='spip'\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EIn his Tuesday evening speech, Obama only lightly touched on the cancer of corruption in the Karzai government, which is broad, deep, cynical, arrogant, and desperately hated by the Afghan people.  Too many Afghans say that the Taliban insurgency is fighting U.S. troops because they support, promote, and protect this corrupt Afghan government.  To them, sending in 30,000 more troops is the exact opposite signal the U.S. should be sending. \n\u003Cbr class='autobr' \/\u003E\nObama speaks of America\u2019s role in making the world (\u2026)\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\n"}