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February 29, 2008
Afghanistan — close to failure
Our intelligence “czar” (scarequotes deserved), Mike McConnell, fesses up that Harmid Karzai’s government controls only 30 percent of Afghanistan. The only silver lining of sorts is that of the remaining 70 percent, 60 percent of the grand total is in tribal warlords’ hands and only 10 percent under the Taliban.
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