Aid Workers Released.

The eight aid workers being held by the Taliban for months are now in Pakistan, safe and unharmed. A surprisingly good ending to that chapter of this conflict. The situation in Afghanistan is so incredibly fluid right now, with power seeming to shift with the wind. The Taliban troops may be losing ground to the Northern Alliance, and that may be a good thing, but this is far from over, I'm sure. I would be very surprised if the Taliban were not prepared to drag us and our allies into Vietnam-like guerilla war in the mountains of Afghanistan, and I trust those Northern Alliance fellas about as far as I can throw them. They are an ally of convenience, one who could very likely evolve into our next adversary.