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High hopes and limited prospects:  Washington's security and nation-building aims high in Afghanistan / 
Richard Rupp 
 -  2006 
<br/><br/> Despite the deployment of thousands of troops and the expenditure of billions of dollars in foreign aid, current conditions in Afghanistan have shown little sign of improvement in the four years since the toppling of the Taliban. This article says there is a serious risk that the West's nation building efforts will end in failure. 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>AFGHANISTAN--NATION BUILDING<br/>AFGHANISTAN--POLITICS AND GOVERNMENT