There is a conscious, probably American condoned, move here to distance Karzai from the unpopular American and ISAF control of the country. He is more likely to preserve his puppet regime intact through the next election if he appears to be standing up against an unpopular occupation. Karzai once worked for UNICAL he is purely an actor on the American team. The vast majority of Afghans have all along only wanted to be left alone to continue with their traditional way of life. America is using the narrative of liberation as a stalking horse for domination, as it has done again and again and again.

Hee, hee. Good one, P.T.

Yes, the level of corruption on Afghanistan is truly alarming. There are large tribal areas of Afghanistan and Pakistan that have never been administered by any central national government. 
Most of the opium in the world is grown there and being divided amongst a motley collection of gangsters in the narcoterrorism business - various warlords, Taliban, Al Qaeda, the central government, the CIA and the ISI. They all look like crooks to me - I can’t tell the difference. How is Obama going to deal with something like that?

Democracy in action.  I don’t think insurance companies are going to be offering to sell Karzai any policies.