Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch

Meanwhile, what the hell is going on in Afghanistan? [link fixed] Admittedly, I haven't been following things closely in the last few months, but I had no idea it had gotten so bad. The Senlis Commission [100-page pdf] reports that the Taliban now has a "permanent presence" in more than half the country, and a "substantial presence" in nearly the whole thing—and are poised to retake Kabul (!) by 2008. John weekend-blogging at Ezra Klein's place has more.