Afghanistan War News Updates -- February 13, 2012

Afghan Defense Minister Abdul Rahim Wardak meets with U.S. Army Gen. Martin E. Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, at the Ministry of Defense in Kabul, Afghanistan, Feb. 9, 2012. DOD photo by D. Myles Cullen

Afghanistan's Rich And Their Cash Prepare For Exodus -- National Journal/Reuters

KABUL // In the crush of people in Kabul's Shahzada money market, conspiracy theories are a currency as hard as the bundles of cash in the hands of bearded traders trying to divine their future.

And the theory going around - amid the din of shouted exchange rates - is that Afghanistan's rich are preparing again to shift their money and lives from the country over fears of chaos or civil conflict after foreign troops leave.

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