The Inside Story of the West's Afghanistan Campaign by Sherard Cowper-Coles – review

What the future now holds is anyone's guess. Karzai could hold on after western withdrawal, like Najibullah after the Russian retreat. The Taliban could roll over the country as the Vietcong did in Vietnam. There may be a return to the civil war that destroyed Afghanistan prior to the rise of the Taliban. Maybe it will be China's turn to try and conquer a country full of the mineral resources it so badly craves. - Cables From Kabul: The Inside Story of the West's Afghanistan Campaign by Sherard Cowper-Coles – review