TOP U.S. INTELLIGENCE OFFICIAL : SECURITY SITUATION IN AFGHANISTAN WILL “MOST CERTAINLY DETERIORATE”

091130-F-9171L-362 U.S. Army soldiers with the 4th Battalion, 23rd Infantry Regiment, 5th Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division and Afghan National Army soldiers conduct a combined patrol in the village of Shabila Kalan, Zabul, Afghanistan, on Nov. 30, 2009. DoD photo by Tech. Sgt. Efren Lopez, U.S. Air Force. (Released)

Sourced : The Washington Free Beacon By: Natalie Johnson Director of National Intelligence Dan Coats told Congress on Thursday that the security environment in Afghanistan will worsen over the next year amid a deadlock in the nation’s drawn-out war. “The intelligence community assesses that the political and security situation in Afghanistan will almost certainly deteriorate… Continue reading TOP U.S. INTELLIGENCE OFFICIAL : SECURITY SITUATION IN AFGHANISTAN WILL “MOST CERTAINLY DETERIORATE”