In fact, I'm pretty sure it is neither incompetence or recklessness but a combination of caution -- not too many demographers want to wander around collecting data when people are popping caps all over the place -- and the xenophobic reaction of ALL hill people to outsiders who flat do not want you to know too much about them or their business. Afghanistan is not Iraq and the Afghans are not Arabs. Compared to Afghanistan, Iraq is a conflict free modern paradise on several accounts and levels...
Still sort of unsettled in the 'Stan. When it settles down a bit more, there will then be time to gather data to do the planning. Can't do much reconstruction in the post conflict mode until the conflict dissipates a bit in any event.
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