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But erasing its grim legacy is likely to take much longer, as the country’s new leaders contend with an economy hobbled by nearly 14 years of war, deep-rooted corruption and international sanctions.

Organisers and promoters acknowledge the problems but say they too are hobbled by wider infrastructural challenges.

But Congress almost hobbled development of the internet in the 1990s because of concerns that it would enable minors to access “indecent” content.

When they were in opposition, many Labour figures took the view that the Conservatives had hobbled their own government through a needlessly antagonistic relationship with the civil service.

He knows that Democrats would have done more, if not hobbled by Republicans who control the House.