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Forum Spin Doctor
Washington Post
February 29, 2008
Pg. 14
Afghanistan
Afghanistan's Defense Ministry on Thursday denied an assertion by the top U.S. intelligence official that less than a third of the country is under the control of President Hamid Karzai's government.
Mike McConnell, the director of national intelligence, told a Senate committee in Washington on Wednesday that Afghanistan's central government controls just 30 percent of the country. He said the Taliban controls about 10 percent and local tribes control the rest.
"This is far from the facts, and we completely deny it," the Afghan Defense Ministry said in a statement. The ministry has previously said that several districts in the southern province of Helmand are not controlled by the government.
February 29, 2008
Pg. 14
Afghanistan
Afghanistan's Defense Ministry on Thursday denied an assertion by the top U.S. intelligence official that less than a third of the country is under the control of President Hamid Karzai's government.
Mike McConnell, the director of national intelligence, told a Senate committee in Washington on Wednesday that Afghanistan's central government controls just 30 percent of the country. He said the Taliban controls about 10 percent and local tribes control the rest.
"This is far from the facts, and we completely deny it," the Afghan Defense Ministry said in a statement. The ministry has previously said that several districts in the southern province of Helmand are not controlled by the government.