Link: http://english.aljazeera.net/news/asia/2010/12/2010121603245143305.html

As Barack Obama, the US president, prepares to release a review of military strategy in Afghanistan, two classified US intelligence reports on the region have offered a pessimistic view of the chances of success. The intelligence assessments, the New York Times newspaper reported on Wednesday, would seem at odds with claims from the defence department and White officials that US and NATO troops are making progress against the Taliban.