Afghanistan

President Karzai has called for elections to be held on April 21 after the Independent Election Commission moved the date back to August. The interior minister estimated the Taliban to have between 10,000 to 15,000 fighters.

Bill Roggio is a Senior Fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies and the Editor of FDD's Long War Journal.

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