WASHINGTON (Pajhwok): Eroding political cohesion, assertions of authority by local powerbrokers, recurring financial shortfalls and sustained attacks threaten Afghanistan with a political breakdown, the US spymaster has warned.
Director of National Intelligence James Clapper told lawmakers on Tuesday: “Afghanistan is at serious risk of a political breakdown during 2016, occasioned by mounting political, economic and security challenges…”
He also referred to other debilitating factors like and sustained countrywide Taliban attacks. On worldwide threats, Clappers informed the Congress the Afghan . . .
