Karzai under siege from Taliban in run-up to polls

[T_i_B]

http://news.independent.co.uk/world/asia/article300529.ece

When President Hamid Karzai of Afghanistan enters the room, you are reminded that this is the man once described by Tom Ford of Gucci as "the chicest man on the planet". His grey tunic is impeccably pressed. His dark navy jacket hangs elegantly on his slim frame.

Yet it will take more than dress sense for the President to survive the latest challenge to his rule. His fusion of Afghan and Western savvy is being severely tested at this time.

Back home in Kabul he is under siege as never before. The Taliban have stepped up their attacks in the south of the country, two months away from parliamentary elections.

Many believe that with the help of their former backers, Pakistan's ISI military intelligence, and infiltrated by al-Qa'ida, the Taliban are bent on returning to power through the gun rather than the ballot box.

[SoCalDem]

1. How sad for the Mayor of Kabul

..Perhaps China will hire him to run Unocal again:)

[acmavm]

2. But if asked ,I suppose Chimpy & Co. would say that things are going

just peachy in Afganistan.

For shits and giggles, someone should ask him to see what he says.

[krkaufman]

3. Democracy in its last throes??? n/t