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70% of Afghans can switch allegiance to the Taliban

Submitted by Khalid on Mon, 2006/10/09 - 11:44

NATO's commander in Afghanistan, General David Richards, says that the country is at a tipping point and that as many as 70% of Afghans could switch allegiance to the Taliban.

Note that the UK's defence secretary has stated before that the presence of foreign troops in Afghanistan has energized the Taliban.

Read the details in this BBC article.

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