UN Reports 'Overall Deterioration' in Afghan Security

The U.N.'s envoy to Afghanistan told the Security Council on Monday there has been an "overall deterioration" in security in the country, hours after a Taliban suicide bomber killed six U.S. troops in an attack on a NATO patrol. Nicholas Haysom said Afghan troops are "stretched to capacity" and need better logistics, administration and efforts to boost morale.  He also urged progress on the political front, saying the country's unity government needs to...

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