KABUL ? Karl W. Eikenberry spent half of America?s decade at war serving in Afghanistan. Three tours ? two as a general, one as ambassador ? ended last week without brass bands or fanfare as Eikenberry took his seat next to his wife, Ching, on a Safi Airways commercial flight bound for Dubai.
With his departure, the United States loses a diplomat with varied experience in Afghanistan and a prominent voice of skepticism about the nation?s deepening involvement in the war. While his tenure was hampered by moments of tension with the U.S. military and trouble with President Hamid Karzai, his early warnings that the Afghan government?s failings could jeopardize the mission have proved more prescient over time.
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