A Run for Your Money

The so-called "run" on Kabul Bank, Afghanistan's major financial institution, seems to be a direct consequence of the "run" made on it by the Karzai family and its cronies.  The crisis of confidence by its depositors is just part of the general one about the country.  In this regard, the U.S., with its own experience of a failed banking system, should be of help to Afghanistan.  Rumor has it that Karzai's brother, who is the major shareholder in the bank, has requested that the U.S government bail out his bank.

This is what happens when a country such as the U.S. meddles in another country's affairs so deeply and for such a long time.  People expect that they will continue to take care of things, and that solutions applied in the U.S. will be also applied over there.  If you go around "nation-building", then you have to deal with all of its consequences.  Bank failures included.

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