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Badly maintained roads, underfunded road safety agencies and spottily enforced traffic laws all contribute to the toll.

They also suffer from too little sustained attention from local media, which has covered these issues spottily at best.

Noting that Taliban commitments made to foreigners in Kabul were met only spottily in various places, Griffiths said he asked Baradar for all agreements in writing.

Even as the 20th anniversary of 9/11 looms, and the withdrawal from Afghanistan serves as a reminder of service members’ sacrifices, however, education is often only spottily available to those on active duty.

Stringent rules that are spottily enforced — and spottily ignored.