A new story unfolds with the dawn of each day in rapidly evolving post-Taliban Afghanistan.
A spate of violent incidents drag the city back into a spiral of violence.
“Terrorists are getting support in Pakistan,” says Hamid Karzai, President of Afghanistan.
As a regrouped rearmed Taliban ups the anté in its deadly war games with coalition and Afghan forces, peace in the country becomes ever more elusive.
Despite steps being taken to curb poppy cultivation in Afghanistan and its neighbouring areas, statistics indicate that the crop production has doubled since the Taliban’s ouster.
A regrouping of Taliban/Al Qaeda elements with Gulbuddin Hekmatyar’s Hizb-e-Islami makes the dream of a stable Afghanistan even more elusive.
Bush’s dream of a new world order is not likely be the cakewalk his neo-conservative clique had scripted for him.
Karzai faces an uphill task as the Taliban continue to maintain a significant presence in Kandahar.
Do you believe that the current trade talks between India and Pakistan will lead to a new era of enhanced economic cooperation?
View Results