What Does the Future Hold for Afghanistan?

[courtesy of Blog for America]

Evidently, our continued presence in Afghanistan hinges on the goodwill of one guy.  From McClatchy:

The only thing standing between Pakistan's Taliban and the lifeline for U.S. and NATO forces in Afghanistan may be an Islamist warlord who controls the area near Pakistan's famed Khyber Pass.

In an interview with McClatchy, Mangal Bagh, who leads a group called Lashkar-i-Islam, voiced his disdain for America but said he's rebuffed an offer from the Taliban to join them.

Isn't that comforting.  It gets better:

However, he also called the U.S. intervention in Afghanistan "wrong" and said American troops must leave.

"While the Americans are in Afghanistan, there is no way to bring peace and prosperity, over there and here," Bagh said. "We do not want to kill Americans, we just want to make them Muslims."

Danny
Communications Director