The email sent will contain a link to this article, the article title, and an article excerpt (if available). For security reasons, your IP address will also be included in the sent email.
FRONT PAGE: "Warlord's Switch to Taliban Shows Rising Afghan Threat," by Yaroslav Trofimov, Wall Street Journal, 2 September 2009.
Disillusionment with the corruption and general incompetency of the Afghan government under Karzai leads a former Tajik foe of the Taliban to switch to its side, putting a big chunk near Heart back in play.
If Karzai is supposed to be The One because he can convince fellow Pashtuni leaders to come over, then his regime is an abject failure. He's convincing no one.
And now we're seeing Tajiks turn.