Prospects of Stability and Progress in Afghanistan - In the light of latest disclosures

Departing French Envoy Has Frank Words on Afghanistan
By ALISSA J.
RUBIN, New York Times, April 27, 2013

KABUL, Afghanistan � It is always hard to gauge what diplomats really think unless one of their cables ends up on WikiLeaks, but every once in a while, the barriers fall and a bit of truth slips into public view.


That is especially true in Afghanistan, where diplomats painstakingly