"US Intel Chief: 70% Of Afghanistan Outside Government Control"
"Dow Jones
WASHINGTON (AP)--The top U.S. intelligence official says the Afghan government under President Hamid Karzai controls just 30% of the country.
Michael McConnell, the director of national intelligence, told the Senate Armed Services Committee on Wednesday that the resurgent Taliban controls 10% to 11% of the country, while Karzai's government controls 30% to 31%.
But more than six years after the U.S. invasion to oust the Taliban and establish a stable central government, the majority of Afghanistan's population remains under local tribal control.
(END) Dow Jones Newswires
02-27-081214ET
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Wait a minute, that only adds up to 40% of the country!!!
WHO controls the other 60%?
U.S.-sponsored warlords?
