The deputy governor of Afghanistan's Helmand province has been killed in a bomb attack on a mosque, officials say.This is a regular occurrence in Afghanistan.
Contrary to Bush's assessment in his State of the Union address, Afghanistan is on the ropes. Clearly Bush is relying on the American public's inability or unwillingness to read. He stands there and talks fantasy and the public remains in the dark.
BBC: Afghan reports offer bleak assessments
The influential US-based Afghanistan Study Group has meanwhile warned that the progress made in the six years since the end of the Taleban regime "is under serious threat from resurgent violence, weakening international resolve, and a growing lack of confidence on the part of the Afghan people".The actuality is an appeal to avert a humanitarian disaster.
This should interest Mr. Bush as he declared January 20, 2008, 'National Sanctity of Life Day.' What could be more in line with sanctity than aiding the people of a nation which was invaded under his direction.
On Counterpunch: Return to Afghanistan By SAUL LANDAU
The Taliban will remain after the West grows weary of this enigmatic war. Paddy Ashdown, the UN's new envoy to Afghanistan, warned: "We are losing in Afghanistan - and rather than militarily, we are losing the political mission - and in large part we are losing because there has been a complete failure of the international community to co-ordinate its efforts."
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