Mullah Omar ‘n da boys are thankful for W and Iraq.

Taliban control half of Afghanistan, says report

The Telegraph

Last Updated: 2:36am GMT 22/11/2007

The Taliban has a permanent presence in most of Afghanistan and the country is in serious danger of falling into the group’s hands, according to a report from an international think tank.

Taliban control half of Afghanistan, says report

The Senlis Council claimed that the insurgents controlled “vast swathes of unchallenged territory” and were gaining “more and more political legitimacy in the minds of the Afghan people”.

It said that the Nato force in the country needed to be doubled to 80,000 front-line soldiers who should be allowed to pursue militants into Pakistan.

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