Follow BeltwayBlips on TwitterAttacks in Afghanistan reach six-year high, U.N. says (Reuters)
Published 10/14/2008 at Yahoo! News: Politics News
Reuters - The insurgency in Afghanistan has spread beyond Taliban strongholds in the south and east while the number of attacks in the country has reached a six-year high, a top U.N. envoy said on Tuesday.
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