Defending his Afghanistan strategy this week, President Obama said the Afghan war is harder than the war in Iraq, and that key aspects of his troop surge strategy will take time to succeed. But he told a magazine interviewer, the strategy has not failed yet either. Meanwhile, group of Afghanistan experts in Washington say Mr. Obama should re-think his strategy, scale back the US military effort, and push for a meaningful political reconciliation. VOA's Ravi Khanna has more.
