From Times Online:
President Karzai will have a tough job to persuade those he meets in London this week that his Government can meet the challenges in Afghanistan.
The Taleban insurgency is growing in strength and tactical sophisticated. Allied casualty figures are rising as vital supply lines to the capital come under siege. Suicide bombings have become more frequent and more daring. The Government is bogged down in bickering, its authority draining away as top officials are tainted with corruption charges. Disillusion has set in among commanders and diplomats, and some voice the conviction that, as the war is now being conducted, victory looks impossible.
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President Karzai will have a tough job to persuade those he meets in London this week that his Government can meet the challenges in Afghanistan.
The Taleban insurgency is growing in strength and tactical sophisticated. Allied casualty figures are rising as vital supply lines to the capital come under siege. Suicide bombings have become more frequent and more daring. The Government is bogged down in bickering, its authority draining away as top officials are tainted with corruption charges. Disillusion has set in among commanders and diplomats, and some voice the conviction that, as the war is now being conducted, victory looks impossible.
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