Funny, back in Feb., Bush told everybody (AEI) that everything was great in Afghanistan.

"Today, five short years later, the Taliban have been driven from power, al Qaeda has been driven from its camps, and Afghanistan is free. That's why I say we have made remarkable progress. Afghanistan has a democratically-elected President, named Hamid Karzai. I respect him. I appreciate his courage. Afghanistan has a National Assembly chosen by the Afghan people in free elections." -

President Bush Delivers Remarks on the War on Terror
At American Enterprise Institute
CQ Transcripts Wire
Thursday, February 15, 2007; 12:13 PM
http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2007/02/20070215-1.html

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Yesterday's headline was: Al-Qaeda back to pre-9/11 strength.


"The threat assessment says that al-Qaeda stepped up efforts to "improve its core operational capability" in late 2004 but did not succeed until December of 2006 after the Pakistani government signed a peace agreement with tribal leaders that effectively removed government military presence from the northwest frontier with Afghanistan.

The agreement allows Taliban and al-Qaeda operatives to move across the border with impunity and establish and run training centers, the report says, according to the official."

http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2007-07-11-us-terror-threat_N.htm?csp=34