From: "George Sherwood" 

On Sun, 03 Sep 2006 10:01:16 -0400, Rich Gauszka wrote:
>
> Southern Afghanistan in early stages of collapse?
>
> http://calsun.canoe.ca/News/World/2006/09/03/1798198-sun.html
>
> Costa warned the south was "displaying the ominous hallmarks of incipient
> collapse, with large-scale drug cultivation and trafficking, insurgency and
> terrorism, crime and corruption."
>
> The bulk of the increase was recorded in Helmand province. The province is
> facing an upsurge in attacks by Taliban-led militants fighting NATO forces.

I don't know.  Seems like the flavor of the week.  I was in Brussels at
NATO last week and while acknowledging the problems there, they certainly
aren't looking at a collapse.

George

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