[Cannoneer No. 4]

INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM MONITOR: PAPER NO. 19 ESCALATING TERRORISM IN AFGHANISTAN

Interesting Indian perspective.

[Jim Noble]

I have a buddy who's been in Kabul for two years.

He just decided to send his wife home, because the security situation has deteriorated so badly.

According to him, the direction of events has been straight downhill for at least 18 months.

FWIW.

[SevenMinusOne]

INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM MONITOR: PAPER NO. 19 ESCALATING TERRORISM IN AFGHANISTAN

Interesting read (agreed) parts I can agree with...other parts I don't....at least in terms of some of the suggestions being inferred.

17. In the long-term, the US will find its difficulties in Afghanistan are even more intractable than its difficulties in Iraq. It will not be able to prevail over the Afghan jihadis unless and until it is able to put a stop to Pakistan's tacit complicity.

Here is the "action line" of the whole article though...which isn't surprising considering the source....nor the reality of the situation in some regard.