McConnell: Karzai controls only 30 percent of Afghanistan

[babylonsister]

http://thinkprogress.org/2008/02/27/mcconnell-karzai-controls-only-30-percent-of-afghanistan/

McConnell: Karzai controls only 30 percent of Afghanistan.

In testimony before the Senate Armed Services Committee today, Director of National Intelligence Michael McConnell said that “the Afghan government under President Hamid Karzai controls just 30 percent of the country,” while “the resurgent Taliban controls 10 percent to 11 percent of the country.” The majority of the Afghan population, according to McConnell, “remains under local tribal control.” More on the current state of Afghanistan here:

http://www.americanprogressaction.org/progressreport/2008/02/pr20080201

[Rosa Luxemburg]

1. If the Bush adminstration had been serious about hunting Al Qeada

if the Bush administration weren't lying they would be serious about going after the terrorists. Very little has happened in Afghanistan except more poppies are being grown?

[louis-t]

2. I think 30% is an exaggeration.

They call him the Mayor of Kabul. That's about the extent of his control.

[babylonsister]

3. It wouldn't surprise me that McConnell would 'stretch' the truth. nt

[New Dawn]

4. I agree

The news about Afghanistan that I have read indicates that as well.