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According to Transparency International, the government of Afghanistan is the third most-corrupt in the world.

The majority of the decision makers in Kabul are very poorly educated and some allege that their poor decisions contribute to these attacks.

For example, when five American soldiers accidentally burned several copies of Quran at nearby Bagram Airfield in February 2012, politicians in Kabul showed their personal anger in the media.

Ordinary Afghans may have taken cues from their leaders and taken more offense at the incident than they otherwise might have.

As the Afghan government rushes into taking over security responsibility from NATO the security situation in the country is deteriorating.

In 2012, it forced the United States to hand over control of the Parwan Detention Facility where thousands of militants are held.

The United States had favored a gradual transition of the facility until 2014.