Afghanistan faces uncertain days ahead

The first seven weeks of Taliban rule have reflected a high degree of caution. 
Afghan national police and army personnel and U.S. army soldiers patrol in July 2009 in Zabul province, Afghanistan.
The fighting is mostly over in Afghanistan and the lingering moral and political responsibilities of the invading Western forces are playing out, not as quickly as we would like, but over time, they will fade.  These shorter-term matters will fade because very large ...

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