WASHINGTON (Pajhwok): Kabul's political dysfunction and ineffectiveness will be “almost certainly” the greatest vulnerability to stability in 2017, a top American intelligence official says.
Director of National Intelligence Daniel Coats told lawmakers the overall situation in Afghanistan was likely continue to deteriorate even with international support.
“Endemic state weaknesses, the government's political fragility, deficiencies of the Afghan forces (ANSF persistence and regional interference will remain key impediments to . . .
