The other war (the one where, you know, we were attacked by people on 9/11) doesn’t seem to get much coverage lately, but this appears to be decidedly good news:
Afghanistan’s government flag was raised Wednesday on what had been one of the biggest strongholds of the Taliban and al Qaeda in Afghanistan and a leading world center of heroin production.
The town of about 45,000 people was secured at about 9:30 a.m. as Afghan troops, steered by British soldiers and U.S. Green Berets, drove out remnants of the Taliban resistance from Musa Qala in the opium poppy region of northern Helmand.
What it all means in the big picture is beyond me, but it certainly does seem to be a positive step.