regardless of the glowing reports of impending democracy, things aren't much different better in afghanistan than they were under taliban rule. read this:
http://rawa.false.net/election_e.htm
excerpt-
"Despite the flow of the three billion dollars donated (though not at all comparable with the $26 billion donated to Iraq), so far, nothing significant in reconstruction has been observed in Afghanistan. According to the Minister of Planning, that amount could change Afghanistan. A major percentage of this money has been channeled directly into the pockets of the warlords, who are also swiping billions of dollars through drug trafficking. They have turned into monsters that commit any crime they wish under the very eye of ISAF and American forces. Undoubtedly, setting up the election would be all too easy for them."