The future for Afghanistan was always going to be fragile following the withdrawal of Nato's International Security Assistance Force (Isaf).
The leaked report on the state of the Taliban, however, is the clearest indication yet of a growing confidence among the insurgents that Afghan government forces will not be capable of taking control of the country by the end of 2014.
Don't show me this again.
It is time to talk to the Taliban in earnest
The future for Afghanistan was always going to be fragile following the withdrawal of Nato's International Security Assistance Force (Isaf).
The leaked report on the state of the Taliban, however, is the clearest indication yet of a growing confidence among the insurgents that Afghan government forces will not be capable of taking control of the country by the end of 2014.
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Don't show me this again.