Analysis: Afghan security vacuum feared along "gateway to Kabul"

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By Mirwais Harooni and Michael Georgy MAIDAN SHAHR, Afghanistan (Reuters) - The Afghan policeman manning a checkpoint glances at the snow-covered mountains that are home to Taliban fighters and predicts what would happen if elite U.S. forces leave Wardak province, seen as the gateway to the capital of Kabul. "The Taliban will take over in one day," Mohammad Jamil says. "They are nearby." Ever since President Hamid Karzai announced late last month that U.S. ...




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