The front-page of the September 23rd Wall Street Journal carried the story “Congress Presses on War Plan” by Yochi J. Dreazen, Neil King Jr. and Peter Spiegel. What caught my attention in the article was a statement about the NBC-Wall Street Journal poll conducted between September 17th and 20th in which “59% of respondents said they were now ‘less confident’ that the war would come to a successful conclusion.”

The new U.N. Special Envoy to Afghanistan visited the Afghan capital, Kabul, Friday, and vowed to bring changes to help with rebuilding efforts in the war-torn country.

As combat operations rage across Helmand province, Musa Qala district is quiet – and firmly under Taleban control.

A reporter embeds with the Taleban to see the brutal evidence of war in Greshk.

In Wardak, just 40 kilometres from Kabul, the Taleban are operating openly, terrorising residents and paralysing the government.