Agence France Presse: Taliban living in 'fantasy world': IISS defence expert --- The Taliban are living in a "fantasy world" and their chances of achieving their objectives after Western troops leave Afghanistan are extremely low, a military think-tank expert said on Wednesday. -- The Afghan security forces are "thoroughly in control" of counter-insurgency, said Brigadier Ben Barry, senior fellow on land warfare at the International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS). - More, at: http://www.iiss.org/en/about%20us/press%20room/press/archive/2014-9797/february-262d/taliban-living-in-fantasy-world-fa8f