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If the current situation continues, it has the potential to further weaken the NUG, or even destroy it altogether, since the NUG is a political marriage attempting to reconcile ethnic differences and intra-organizational cleavages. Given paralyzing rivalries waged by different groups, elite pacts, and ethnic movements, exacerbated by a lack of broad-based support and popular legitimacy, the NUG has proven extremely inefficient at addressing the public’s concerns and demands. Moreover, Ghani and Abdullah have turned a corrupt country into a “fantastically” corrupt country, as former British Prime Minister David Cameron put it in March 2016, with a deteriorating security situation and social unrest.
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In contrast, Abdullah has shown himself to be an ineffective statesman and most of the duties that he would have been expected perform are being delegated to the president’s national security adviser. Based on information released by his communication office, Abdullah spends his days meeting with people and delegates who have only minimal relevance and influence. The CEO has also failed to come up with significant plans or programs, deliver on his election promises, or push electoral reforms, further weakening his position.
Today, Afghanistan is characterized by economic, political and security fragility, such that its survival as a democracy is at stake, with the state itself under threat. Far from addressing the issues of unfair distribution of power and resources, the manner in which political behavior and elite discourse are developed and executed has driven the nation-building project in a direction that serves to encourage communal agony. Ghani’s political behavior has serious implications for nation state-building processes and diminishes the prospects of consolidating a multi-ethnic polity. If Afghanistan’s leaders cannot understand that ethnic identities and communal grievances change in part through inclusive political processes, the prospects of Afghanistan making a successful transition to stability will remain dim.
If the current situation continues, it has the potential to further weaken the NUG, or even destroy it altogether, since the NUG is a political marriage attempting to reconcile ethnic differences and intra-organizational cleavages. Given paralyzing rivalries waged by different groups, elite pacts, and ethnic movements, exacerbated by a lack of broad-based support and popular legitimacy, the NUG has proven extremely inefficient at addressing the public’s concerns and demands. Moreover, Ghani and Abdullah have turned a corrupt country into a “fantastically” corrupt country, as former British Prime Minister David Cameron put it in March 2016, with a deteriorating security situation and social unrest.
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In contrast, Abdullah has shown himself to be an ineffective statesman and most of the duties that he would have been expected perform are being delegated to the president’s national security adviser. Based on information released by his communication office, Abdullah spends his days meeting with people and delegates who have only minimal relevance and influence. The CEO has also failed to come up with significant plans or programs, deliver on his election promises, or push electoral reforms, further weakening his position.
Today, Afghanistan is characterized by economic, political and security fragility, such that its survival as a democracy is at stake, with the state itself under threat. Far from addressing the issues of unfair distribution of power and resources, the manner in which political behavior and elite discourse are developed and executed has driven the nation-building project in a direction that serves to encourage communal agony. Ghani’s political behavior has serious implications for nation state-building processes and diminishes the prospects of consolidating a multi-ethnic polity. If Afghanistan’s leaders cannot understand that ethnic identities and communal grievances change in part through inclusive political processes, the prospects of Afghanistan making a successful transition to stability will remain dim.
