[TUX]

We are desperatly trying to keep the Northern bunch from looting whats left of Kabul. Buying time to see if we can forge some kind of end play arrangement with the surrounding intrest, notably the tribes of the South. A migration to stability is the optimum goal.

[monocle]

From what I have read coalition forming within Afghanistan could be accelerated by the Northern Alliance advancing on Kabul. The history of the warlords switching allegiances to the perceived winning force suggests those warlords currently allied with the Taliban would be eager to defect. Now may be the last best time for such defections.