Hamid Karzai: The Man Who Would Be President

Afghans go to the polls on August 20th to elect a president; current president Hamid Karzai is running for reelection. The country is plagued with violence. A roadside bomb killed 21 people this morning, and Kabul recently suffered its first rocket attacks at the hands of the Taliban in decades. Is Hamid Karzai the man for the job? Elizabeth Rubin, contributing writer for The New York Times magazine, just spent three days with the Afghani leader. She joins The Takeaway with a portrait of the man struggling to retain respect and power in the embattled nation. Elizabeth Rubin’s article will appear in this week’s New York Times magazine