Ahead of the London summit, concern is growing that the world could forget Afghanistan — and the country could forget its commitments to women’s rights.
IT would be a challenge for any leader: balance the books after years of systemic corruption, battle a resurgent rebellion and form a government despite entrenched ethnic divisions. But Afghanistan’s new president, Ashraf Ghani, must do all this as thousands of foreign troops pull out, taking their services, experience, hardware and dollars with them. Ghani’s most pressing task at a summit with international donors in London on Dec 3-4 may be to make sure the world does not forget Afghanistan once foreign soldiers are no longer fighting on its soil.