Hamid Karzai, the Afghan president, made his claims in a televisied speech just days after Barack Obama's visit to Afghanistan. Photograph: Majid Saeedi/Getty ImagesThe Alienation Of Hamid Karzai -- M K Bhadrakumar, Asia Times
It must have been the first time in the history of the United States that an incumbent president had to undertake a 26-hour plane journey abroad with repeated mid-air refueling to meet a foreign leader - all for a 30-minute pow-wow.
The staggering message that came out of US President Barack Obama's hurried mission to the presidential palace in Kabul to meet Afghan President Hamid Karzai last Sunday afternoon is that his own AfPak diplomats have let him down badly.
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Commentaries, Opinions, And Editorials
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The end of our 'special relationship' with Britain -- Daniel Larison, This Week
U.S. allies find Obama a frosty friend -- Mark Steyn, Orange County Register
Serbia’s Honest Apology -- Tim Judah, New York Times
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China's Economy: The East is Red -- Sam Baker, Asia Sentinel
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