Op-Ed · What I Saw at the Afghan Election

# by Luke on 4 October 09

What I Saw at the Afghan Election, by Peter Galbraith. Washington Post op-ed. Required reading:

Before firing me last week from my post as his deputy special representative in Afghanistan, U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon conveyed one last instruction: Do not talk to the press. In effect, I was being told to remain a team player after being thrown off the team. Nonetheless, I agreed.

Read it.

Below: An Afghan shows off his inked finger after casting his vote on August 20th. Yeah, it looks like he slammed it in a door.