US must focus on upcoming leadership change in Afghanistan - Christian Science Monitor‎

The US focus is, and has been, primarily on security support for Afghanistan. But what about Afghanistan’s political transition? The Afghan presidential election is also slated for 2014, but the buzz is that it may be moved up to 2013 to avoid overlap with the planned NATO troop drawdown.
US must focus on upcoming leadership change in Afghanistan

Pentagon Report Cites Gains in Afghanistan - NYTimes.