But thanks to western reluctance to provide more troops, the International Security Assistance Force holds sway only in the capital, Kabul.

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This lends force to the argument that political campaigning is not what will sway the debate so much as the views of people in business.

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U.S. intelligence officials, however, say the Quds Force is trying to model special Shiite groups after Hezbollah, which holds considerable sway in southern Lebanon.

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