Ministry of Frontiers, Nations and Tribal Affairs

The World

Looking back from Karzai’s second inauguration

Global Politics

In 2001, many were excited at the prospect of Hamid Karzai leading Afghanistan’s transitional government forward. After winning the country’s first presidential election, hopes ran high that Karzai would usher in a transparent, clean government. The recent presidential elections, however, were messy and tarnished by allegations of fraud. What’s happened since the heady days of […]