TIME RUNNING OUT IN AFGHANISTAN

"... intelligence officials are warning that the Taliban -led insurgency is expanding and that "time is running out" for the U.S... the Taliban now have... "a full-fledged insurgency" and shadow governors in 33 of Afghanistan's 34 provinces, including those in the north, where U.S. and other officials had thought the Islamic extremists posed less of a threat. The Taliban's return to the northern provinces, including Baghlan, Kunduz and Taqhar... poses serious security, logistical and political problems for the U.S... (because they) now threaten the northern supply route..."
http://news.yahoo.com/s/mcclatchy/20091228/wl_mcclatchy/3386724