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The Raw Story | Aid chief says Taliban control a quarter of Afghanistan at night

The Raw Story | Aid chief says Taliban control a quarter of Afghanistan at night: "Kevin McCort, who heads CARE Canada, told CBC that 'up to a quarter of the country ... is in this in between context of maybe having government control during the day but, say, Taliban control at night. ... At the moment, we're actually starting to contract in some key areas.' Relief supplies are so routinely ambushed and looted that officials like McCort warn of a humanitarian crisis this winter.

British defense expert Michael Clarke told CBC that NATO's greatest weakness has been its failure to follow up on its military successes. NATO politicians play down these complaints, but some of the military leaders have begun to voice them openly."

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