Think Tank Report: Over Half of Afghanistan under Taliban Control - International - SPIEGEL ONLINE - News Quote:
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Six years ago coalition forces headed into Afghanistan to eradicate the Taliban. Now an international think tank says more than half of the country is under the Taliban's thumb. Meanwhile, an Oxfam report sharply criticized
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Afghanistan 'falling into hands of Taliban' | Special reports | Guardian Unlimited Quote:
The Taliban has a permanent presence in 54% of Afghanistan and the country is in serious danger of falling into Taliban hands, according to a report by an independent thinktank with long experience in the area.
Despite tens of thousands of Nato-led troops and billions of dollars in aid poured into the country, the insurgents, driven out by the American invasion in 2001, now control "vast swaths of unchallenged territory, including rural areas, some district centres, and important road arteries", the Senlis Council says in a report released yesterday.
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The people support their
own who are aided by foreign mercinaries of their own faith. Is it fear or better the devil known?