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October 29, 2009
What's at stake in Afghanistan, Pakistan?
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Taliban fighters lay down their weapons as they surrender to the Afghan government in western Afghanistan.
Taliban fighters lay down their weapons as they surrender to the Afghan government in western Afghanistan.

Christiane Amanpour
CNN Chief International Correspondent

October has been the deadliest month for the US and NATO militaries fighting in Afghanistan as well as UN workers trying to organize an election runoff. Surely the surge in deaths serves to underscore why Afghanistan matters.

For all the debate happening away from the battlefield, here are a couple of important bottom-line questions:

Is the world prepared to see the Taliban and their opportunistic allies al Qaeda return to power in Afghanistan? Are people prepared for the terrorists' dream- photo-op of Mullah Omar and Osama Bin Laden sitting smiling together in Kabul?

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