Simon Assaf reports…

The occupation of Afghanistan has entered a new and deeper crisis. A rising number of sophisticated attacks on foreign troops, combined with a growing rebellion in Pakistan and Russia’s crushing of Nato ally Georgia, have raised the prospect that the occupation is heading for defeat.
Now Afghan insurgents are tightening their grip on the capital of Kabul. The recent attack on French troops in the Uzbin Valley east of the city has sent shockwaves through the Western military alliance that runs the occupation.
Nato admits that Afghan insurgents now control the routes around Kabul, leaving it isolated and under siege.
Last week rebels struck the city’s airport with rockets, raising fears that the Taliban and its allies were poised to launch a full-scale assault on the city.

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