Here you go. It's been 7 years, what have we got for it?
Michael Winship: Corruption Destroys Afghanistan <a href="http://www.dodbuzz.com/2009/01/29/obamas-afghanistan-strategy-likely-to-ditch-karzai-focus-on-local-governance/Obama’s Afghanistan Strategy Likely to Ditch Karzai, Focus on Local Governance
a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/27/magazine/27AFGHAN-t.html">Is Afghanistan a Narco-State?
It hasn't been getting any better.
<a href="http://www.atimes.com/atimes/South_Asia/IG03Df01.html"Afghanistan is moving backward."