It is pretty insightful about the recent dance that has been going on, but it is also heavily slanted towards India's view of the situation. This puts all the blame for the current situation at the feet of Pakistan and their security agency, the ISI.

In truth, there is more then enough blame to go around. The ISI is certainly guilty of meddling in Afghanistan and dealing with the Taliban. But Karzai's government is also massively corrupt, and there is no reason to put quotes around the word warlord when talking about Afghanistan power brokers. The US intervention has often been heavy handed and misguided.

A government of national unity under Karzai is probably the best hope for stability in Afghanistan. But if it just institutionalizes the current corruption, the stability will be temporary at best. The Taliban is clever enough to join such a government with the intent of undermining it later.

Jay