Afghan Situation Continues to Deteriorate
The Taliban are resurgent in the south, with 2,500 new recruits reported to be preparing to enter Afghanistan, with the purchase of hundreds of motorcycles enabling them to seek, strike, and depart from NGO aid givers. In the north, the warlords are renewing their hostilities. And opium growth keeps everyone anxious. As the author of the piece closes: "Two years after the fall of the Taliban, Afghanistan is in the news for all the wrong reasons."
Posted by Donald Douglas at November 4, 2003 04:44 PM | TrackBack