Wait, good news?

http://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2014/04/7-million-afghans-just-dealt-a-blow-to-the-taliban/360373/

Um holy crap, good news from Afghanistan. Who saw that coming?

Not to be a wet blanket. That's great news but it's only half the battle. You win ground, you have to hold it. In this case probably hold it for two generations.

I'm surprised.