Tipping point in Afghanistan

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KABUL, Afghanistan – NATO’s top commander in Afghanistan said Sunday the country was at a tipping point and warned Afghans would likely switch their allegiance to resurgent Taliban militants if there are no visible improvements in people’s lives in the next six months.

I’m going to take a wild guess here that sending troops to destroy the people’s crops won’t be seen as visible improvements in their lives…
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