Problems in Afghanistan

RFE-RL is reporting the death of a British soldier in Kabul the day after a Canadian soldier also died, both at the hands of suicide bombers. Meanwhile, Melanie reports on a possible major offensive this spring. I wonder if this offensive would in any way relate to this.

Oh, yes, and near the bottom of the RFE-RL report Brigadier General Mark Kimmett admits that "disenfranchised youth" form part of the insurgency in Iraq. Given the state of the Iraqi economy, that number will probably get larger rather than smaller.