Though the world trumpets massive voting fraud in Afghanistan, something more important happened during the elections. For the first time, southern provinces settled by Pashtun tribes voted overwhelmingly against a Pashtun leader, Karzai. The actual ballots were subsequently replaced with those in favor of Karzai.
The fact that Pashtuns put their hatred of the US puppet ahead of tribal allegiance speaks volumes about the break-up of tribal society in Afghanistan, which might eventually give way to an Afghani national identity.
