Middle East
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Author: NYTimes.com
5 Jul 2011
Departing U.S. Envoy Sees Progress in Afghanistan, and Pitfalls Ahead
From an American policy standpoint, the changing of the guard means little, but from the Afghan standpoint, in which a leader s personality can determine the policy, the triple departure, along with President Obama s June 22 speech on the withdrawal of troops, has stoked fears of abandonment, especially for Afghans who have depended on the Americans.