Afghanistan Is Not A Secure Or Safe Place

Barack Obama speaking in Kabul this morning

Obama's Midnight Dash To Kabul Shows That He Dare Not Visit The Place In Daylight -- Peter Foster, The Telegraph

If ever there was an image to convey the limits of the UK-US success in Afghanistan, it was the way that Barack Obama, the Commander-in-Chief of the liberating, Taliban-scattering forces was forced to skulk into Kabul last night under the cover of darkness.

Not for Mr Obama a ticker-tape parade as he entered the Afghan capital for the ceremonial signing of the Strategic Partnership Agreement that will underpin Coalition support to Afghanistan for a decade after 2014.

Read more ....

My Comment: Peter Foster is right .... Afghanistan is not safe by any stretch of the imagination. But President Obama's arrival does represent a shift in the U.S. approach to Afghanistan .... and while there are still many questions that need to be answered .... the U.S. and it's NATO allies are now officially laying the groundwork for the eventual withdrawal and removal of their military forces.