Afghanistan's Government Appears To Be Infiltrated By Taliban Sympathisers

With weather conditions making it difficult for some villagers to travel to a medical clinic in Nawa District, Ghazni Province, Afghanistan, coalition medics traveled to some of the more remote villages in the area, Jan. 14, 2008. U.S. Army photo by Spc. Nathan W. Hutchison

Afghan Aid To Insurgents Alleged In
Attack On U.S. Troops -- L.A. Times

NATION REBUILDING: President Hamid Karzai tours a new air terminal in Kabul. Seven civilians were reported killed in a NATO airstrike in northwestern Afghanistan a day after he called on foreign forces to be more careful.

Reporting from Kabul, Afghanistan, and Istanbul, Turkey -- A U.S. military report released Thursday says at least two local Afghan officials were believed to have colluded in a July attack by insurgents on a remote outpost in eastern Afghanistan that killed nine U.S. soldiers.

It was the largest loss of American troops' lives in a single land battle since the start of the war in Afghanistan in 2001. The intense, hours-long assault by an estimated 200 Taliban fighters, during which the lightly manned outpost was nearly overrun, also left 27 U.S. soldiers and four Afghan troops injured.

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My Comment: The fighting next year is going to be worse.