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Can we just buy security in Afghanistan? Read the rest of the article here.

By , the director of technology and development and a senior fellow at the Center for Global Development.
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MASSOUD HOSSAINI/AFP/Getty Images
MASSOUD HOSSAINI/AFP/Getty Images

Can we just buy security in Afghanistan?

Can we just buy security in Afghanistan?

Read the rest of the article here.

Charles Kenny is the director of technology and development and a senior fellow at the Center for Global Development and the author, most recently, of The Plague Cycle: The Unending War Between Humanity and Infectious Disease. Twitter: @charlesjkenny

Tags: Afghanistan, Military

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