U.S. Marines begin a patrol near Forward Operating Base Shamsher in the Sangin district in Afghanistan's Helmand province, Sept. 6, 2012. The Marines are assigned to Bravo Company, 1st Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, Regimental Combat Team 6. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Jason Morrison
Afghanistan's Best And Worst Case Scenarios -- BBC
BBC World Affairs Editor John Simpson in Kabul says that there there is not much optimism nowadays among Afghan politicians, diplomats and soldiers.
In a country which has known nothing but war for 40 years, the assumption is that it will just continue.
The most serious danger is that a political vacuum will build up.
There are considerable anxieties about this among Western governments.
The latest figure to check out the political health of the Karzai administration is UK Defence Secretary Philip Hammond.
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