Katulis in Kabul
Speaking of the Afghan election, Brian Katulis, a foreign policy analyst with the Center for American Progress, is in Kabul to observe the vote, and Politico prints this report from him:
“„At a small gathering in a private home last night, I met journalists and aid workers who have years of experience in the country and no one could predict what’s going to happen in the next few days.
Meanwhile, Alex Strick van Linschoten reports from three Kandahar candidate rallies. Click through for the full flavor, but Abdullah Abdullah’s audience was distracted and bored; Ashraf Ghani was passionate and technocratic; most people showed up for incumbent president Hamid Karzai.