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Going local: The key to Afghanistan

By Seth G. Jones

AUGUST 7, 2009, 7:50 P.M. ET

Going Local: The Key to Afghanistan

The U.S.’s strategy of building a centralized state is doomed to fail in a land of tribes

By SETH G. JONES

The Wall Street Journal

The rapidly deteriorating situation in Afghanistan is now President Barack Obama’s war, one he pledged to win during his election campaign, promising to “reverse course” and defeat