Opinion: Obama's Afghanistan plan: the warlord factor‎ - Mark Moyar

We owe it to our troops and to our Afghan friends to put the very best American and Afghan leaders in the provinces.

Quantico, Va. - As President Obama decides on a strategy option for Afghanistan, he's said to be mulling over four options, with a province-by-province analysis of local Afghan leaders at his disposal. - Obama's Afghanistan plan: the warlord factor csmonitor.

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