US, Europe grow frustrated with Karzai: report
0 Comments | AFP, June, 2008
WASHINGTON (AFP) — US officials are growing increasingly frustrated with Afghan President Hamid Karzai, arguing that he is not up to addressing Afghanistan's many troubles, The New York Times reported Saturday.
The newspaper said that even a senior State Department official questioned in an interview whether Karzai had the "trust and the backbone" for the job.
"Of course he's a good guy, and therefore as long as he's president we'll support him," the paper quotes the unnamed official as saying. "But there's a lot of talk inside the administration saying maybe there's a need for some tough love to push him to do the right thing."
One European diplomat, speaking on condition of anonymity, said, "We've got the standard administration problem of fascination with...
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