Maley, William2015-12-100004-4687http://hdl.handle.net/1885/69248Afghanistan in 2010 witnessed a number of important events including cabinet changes, legislative elections, and several major international conferences focused on its problems. It continued to be confronted by long-term problems of insecurity, compounded by uncertainty about both the trajectory of U.S. policy and the legitimacy of its own rulers.Author/s retain copyrightKeywords: election; foreign policy; governance approach; national security; political conflict; Afghanistan Afghanistan; Elections; Governance; Security; Taliban201110.1525/as.2011.51.1.852016-02-24