The Afghan Puzzle

Adm. Mike Mullen (far left), chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, met with Gen. Ashfaq Kiyani (center), Pakistani Army chief of staff, last summer. William John Kipp / U.S. Navy-AP

From Newsweek:

Admiral Mullen on the way forward.

President-elect Barack Obama's national-security team is studying several options for improving the situation in Afghanistan, including the military's plan to nearly double troop levels there. But assessments of the seven-year-old war are mostly grim. A report issued last month by the International Council on Security and Development said the Taliban now holds a permanent presence in 72 percent of Afghanistan.

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