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    U.N. Maps Tell Security Story

    Just over a year after President Obama ordered a 30,000-troop surge in Afghanistan, the nation's security situation belied the Administration's positive assessments, according to confidential U.N. maps obtained by the Wall Street Journal. The two maps show how the level of risk in the country's districts changed from March to October 2010: almost all of southern Afghanistan remained at "very high risk," while many areas in northern, central and western Afghanistan lost their "low risk" status because of increased violence. A November Pentagon report cited a 70% increase in attacks since 2009, yet officials there (as well as in the Administration) still claim slow but steady progress.

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