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| ('washingtonpost.com/news/powerpost/paloma/daily-202/2019/12/09/daily-202-the-afghanistan-papers-show-the-corrosive-consequences-of-letting-corruption-go-unchecked/5dedca57602ff1440b4de07a/', 2)  | U.S. leaders said publicly that they had no tolerance for corruption in Afghanistan , but that was one of several topics related to the war effort on which they systematically misled the public , according to >>>a trove of confidential government interviews<<< obtained by The Washington Post .                                                                       |
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| ('washingtonpost.com/news/powerpost/paloma/daily-202/2019/12/09/daily-202-the-afghanistan-papers-show-the-corrosive-consequences-of-letting-corruption-go-unchecked/5dedca57602ff1440b4de07a/', 45) | >>>An unnamed senior U.S. diplomat<<< said the early years were " a dark space " with " not much documentation " about who we were giving cash . "                                                                                                                                                                                                                           |
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| ('washingtonpost.com/news/powerpost/paloma/daily-202/2019/12/09/daily-202-the-afghanistan-papers-show-the-corrosive-consequences-of-letting-corruption-go-unchecked/5dedca57602ff1440b4de07a/', 54) | >>>From a former National Security Council staffer<<< : " In the beginning , the military kept saying that corruption was an unfortunate short-term side effect then toward the end the feeling was ' Oh , my God , this could derail the whole thing . ' "                                                                                                                  |
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| ('washingtonpost.com/news/powerpost/paloma/daily-202/2019/12/09/daily-202-the-afghanistan-papers-show-the-corrosive-consequences-of-letting-corruption-go-unchecked/5dedca57602ff1440b4de07a/', 56) | >>>An unnamed State Department official<<< said that U.S. officials were " so desperate to have the alcoholics to the table , we kept pouring drinks , not knowing [ or ] considering we were killing them . "                                                                                                                                                               |
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| ('washingtonpost.com/news/powerpost/paloma/daily-202/2019/12/19/daily-202-impeachment-day-showcased-five-hallmarks-of-trump-s-governing-style/5dfb0743602ff125ce5b7217/', 342)                      | But a Washington Post series this month that exposed years of wasted or trouble-plagued U.S. efforts in Afghanistan — based on >>>hundreds of previously classified interviews with U.S. officials<<< — has partly vindicated Karzai 's arguments , even as it portrays his past government as a dysfunctional ' kleptocracy ' that was unprepared for modern governance . ' |
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| ('washingtonpost.com/politics/2019/12/11/what-we-learned-afghanistan-papers/', 4)                                                                                                                   | The Afghanistan Papers suggest that for much of the war , the United States recognized and communicated major challenges , including Afghanistan 's geographic and social >>>complexity<<< , President Hamid Karzai 's >>>cronyism<<< , perils of warlords , Pakistan 's >>>" double game , "<<< >>>government corruption<<< and >>>poor intelligence<<< .                   |
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| ('washingtonpost.com/politics/2019/12/11/what-we-learned-afghanistan-papers/', 9)                                                                                                                   | First , there was some zeal , particularly among senior generals , that a version of victory was attainable — given the >>>Iraq surge turnaround<<< and the counterinsurgency approach some military leaders embraced there .                                                                                                                                                |
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| ('washingtonpost.com/politics/2019/12/11/what-we-learned-afghanistan-papers/', 12)                                                                                                                  | There was a lot of stumbling into assumptions and >>>priorities<<< , suggesting limited intentionality and >>>confusion<<< about available options and strategic ends .                                                                                                                                                                                                      |
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| ('washingtonpost.com/politics/2019/12/11/what-we-learned-afghanistan-papers/', 13)                                                                                                                  | For example , U.S. policymakers >>>contested<<< and redefined the importance of the Afghan Taliban as an adversary throughout the war .                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      |
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| ('washingtonpost.com/politics/2019/12/11/what-we-learned-afghanistan-papers/', 16)                                                                                                                  | Consequently , as is common in situations of strategic drift , those within military and civilian bureaucracies worked to maximize their own >>>institutional interests<<< — often at the cost of U.S. service members , taxpayers and Afghan civilians .                                                                                                                    |
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| ('washingtonpost.com/politics/2019/12/12/if-youre-surprised-by-whats-afghanistan-papers-you-havent-been-paying-attention/', 17)                                                                     | >>>Many<<< of those >>>interviewed<<< express >>>frustration<<< that the United States did not understand the Taliban or its motives for fighting .                                                                                                                                                                                                                          |
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| ('washingtonpost.com/politics/2019/12/12/if-youre-surprised-by-whats-afghanistan-papers-you-havent-been-paying-attention/', 29)                                                                     | The interviews >>>also<<< >>>show<<< that too much aid , poured into Afghanistan far too quickly , fed corruption and violence , strengthening the Taliban 's hand while eroding Kabul from within .                                                                                                                                                                         |
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| ('washingtonpost.com/politics/2019/12/12/if-youre-surprised-by-whats-afghanistan-papers-you-havent-been-paying-attention/', 39)                                                                     | >>>Interviewees<<< >>>repeatedly<<< >>>blame<<< Afghan soldiers and police for their inability and unwillingness to fight the Taliban .                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      |
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| ('washingtonpost.com/politics/2019/12/12/if-youre-surprised-by-whats-afghanistan-papers-you-havent-been-paying-attention/', 49)                                                                     | These interviews are >>>littered<<< with >>>allusions<<< to the difficulties of working with Afghan Presidents Hamid Karzai and , to a lesser extent , Ashraf Ghani , who had their own interests .                                                                                                                                                                          |
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| ('washingtonpost.com/politics/2019/12/17/dont-expect-afghanistan-have-western-style-government-this-explains-why/', 16)                                                                             | That left the United States undertaking what has since been denounced as a warlord strategy — relying on and empowering some of the warlords described as >>>" evil "<<< in the Afghanistan Papers .                                                                                                                                                                         |
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| ('washingtonpost.com/politics/2019/12/17/dont-expect-afghanistan-have-western-style-government-this-explains-why/', 26)                                                                             | They ca n't be tamed by dressing them in suits and ties and >>>" bringing them into Kabul and giving them a fancy title<<< , " as former national security adviser Stephen Hadley put it .                                                                                                                                                                                   |
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| ('washingtonpost.com/world/2019/12/10/american-failure-hubris-afghanistan/', 5)                                                                                                                     | As >>>my colleagues reported<<< , U.S. officials also acknowledged they routinely issued " rosy pronouncements " about their progress in Afghanistan , even when they knew such statements were " false , " and they " hid unmistakable evidence the war had become unwinnable . "                                                                                           |
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| ('washingtonpost.com/world/2019/12/10/response-afghanistan-papers-former-president-karzai-blames-us-funding-fueling-corruption/', 2)                                                                | The Post 's reporting is based on a >>>trove of confidential government interviews<<< obtained after a lengthy legal battle .                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                |
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| ('washingtonpost.com/world/2019/12/10/response-afghanistan-papers-former-president-karzai-blames-us-funding-fueling-corruption/', 9)                                                                | " The kleptocracy got stronger over time , to the point that the priority of the Afghan government became not good governance but sustaining this kleptocracy , " he said in the >>>government interview<<< . "                                                                                                                                                              |
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| ('washingtonpost.com/world/2019/12/10/response-afghanistan-papers-former-president-karzai-blames-us-funding-fueling-corruption/', 14)                                                               | " There was massive resentment among the Afghan people , " >>>the official said<<< . "                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       |
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| ('washingtonpost.com/world/2019/12/10/response-afghanistan-papers-former-president-karzai-blames-us-funding-fueling-corruption/', 18)                                                               | " He thought he was corrupt as hell , " >>>Rubin said<<< .                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   |
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| ('washingtonpost.com/world/2019/12/10/response-afghanistan-papers-former-president-karzai-blames-us-funding-fueling-corruption/', 24)                                                               | Sarah Chayes , a former civilian adviser to the U.S. military , said in a May 2015 >>>interview<<< with SIGAR released by The Post this week that it was " devastating that we were willing to patch up the elections " after widespread claims of ballot stuffing .                                                                                                         |
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