Even an Afghan parliamentarian admitted Harry's comments could risk damaging relations.
Even before the Afghan crisis, Sistan-Baluchestan was the most sensitive of Iran's difficult border regions.
Opinion polls this week showed 54% of Americans in favour of pulling troops out of Afghanistan even before the Afghan army is ready to take over.
Five of the six bodies recovered by Afghan health services were so badly charred that even their gender was immediately clear, an Afghan health official said.
Afghan officials say even a popular governor like Abdul Majid cannot control every part of Badakhshan.
Each unit about to deploy trains its own "guardian angels" - soldiers who stand watch over their comrades, even when they are with their Afghan allies at a meeting, or "shura".
At least some American commanders worry that, in four or five years, the U.S. may find itself cutting the size of the Afghan Army and police even as they are fighting the Taliban.
Often, it is Afghan interpreters who realise first that a patrol is in danger, and almost all say that they have faced specific threats from the Taliban - and even, in some cases, from Afghan police or officials, some of whom regard them as "spies" for foreign forces.
He said even more countries have agreed to help train Afghan troops and police.
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But Mr Obama had little to say on this Afghan surge, which is arguably even more important than the American one.
The Afghan government wants more aid but even if it were forthcoming, say experienced aid workers, it might not necessarily be absorbed.
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An ABC poll last month found that 53% of Americans would oppose negotiating with the Taliban even if they agreed to suspend attacks on American and Afghan forces.
Mullah Baradar is thought to have had contact with the Afghan government of President Hamid Karzai, the United Nations and maybe even with the Americans.
While Karzai might be favoring a return of the Republicans, Afghan lawmaker Koofi believes he won't enjoy as warm a relationship even if Romney wins.
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