US Marines Fight For Security In Sangin As Killing Of President Hamid Karzai's Half-Brother Threatens Stability Of Southern Afghanistan. -- The TelegraphThe murder of local strongman Ahmed Wali Karzai shows how region remains volatile despite hard-won military gains.
n the corner of Afghanistan dubbed “the most dangerous place in the world” by former US Defense Secretary Bob Gates, it is Mohammed Sharif’s dubious privilege to be all things to all men.
To the hundreds of tribesfolk who beat a path to his heavily fortified compound every day, the 61-year-old governor of Sangin district is a medieval potentate, asked to sort out everything from failed crops to murderous tribal feuds and the odd marital dispute. And to the Taliban fighters who regard Sangin and its poppy fields as both a stronghold and a moneyspinner, he is an agent of Kabul’s Western-backed government who should be killed whenever possible. Little wonder, then, that when he was posted here a year ago, he was terrified.
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My Comment: When your security and stability is dependent on a murderous drug lord .... your policy is flawed.
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