SECURITY IN AFGHANISTAN DETERIORATED IN PAST YEAR

"Confidential UN maps show a clear deterioration in security in parts of Afghanistan this year... highlight a particular decline in parts of the north and east... in the provinces of Badghis, Sari Pul, Balkh, Parwan, Baghlan, Samangan, Faryab, Laghman and Takhar..."
http://sg.news.yahoo.com/afp/20101227/tap-afghanistan-unrest-un-eea7cf4.html