Like Iraq, Afghanistan also has entrenched ethnic rivalries.
Its security forces also have an alarmingly high turnover rate, with the U.S. Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction putting desertion rates among Afghan troops at between 30 and 50 percent a year despite advances that have been made in recent years.
Even the frontrunner for the presidency, Abdullah Abdullah, said on Thursday he saw some similarities between his country's situation and Iraq that showed the need for a "responsible" U.S. military exit strategy.
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