A classified U.S. intelligence report has serious doubt that Afghan President Hamid Karzai can keep even a reasonable semblance of central control over the whole country against the Taliban inside, augmented by increasing militia attacks from Pakistan.
A full National Intelligence Estimate on Afghanistan, on which this story is based, is expected to be completed just before the Nov. 4 election.
Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, also agrees. He’s worried about continued opium poppy production, too.
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