By Jim Miklaszewski, NBC News Correspondent
Afghanistan’s presidential elections, marred by allegations of widespread fraud, appear headed for a runoff, but no matter what the outcome there appears little chance it will change the government’s pervasive culture of corruption and crisis of confidence.
“Corruption? Corruption? The entire Karzai regime is corrupt!” Dr. Wadir Safi bellows in a fit of anger and frustration. Outside Kabul University were Safi is a long-standing professor of International Law and Politics, a large crowd of students gathers as Safi delivers an impromptu lecture on what many here see as criminal behavior by President Hamid Karzai and his administration.
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