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The Afghan National Army (ANA) continues to demonstrate its growing capabilities as a security force, building a new ANA patrol base in the West Dorafshan region of Uruzgan Province, Afghanistan.

Nearly nine months ago, President Barack Obama outlined the nature of our commitment in post-9/11 Afghanistan .

Arif Sakhi preened and posed his well-oiled muscles to win the "Mr Afghanistan" crown earlier this year, but behind that perfectly sculpted physique his vital organs were breaking down under the strain of steroid abuse.

July 12, 2011, Washington, DC - In triumphant testimony before a joint committee of the United States Congress in which he was greeted on both sides of the aisle as a conquering hero, General David Petraeus announced the withdrawal this month of the first 1,000 American troops from Afghanistan.

Let's say that Petraeus does return to Washington in what, these days, passes for triumph. The question is: So what? Or rather, could success in Afghanistan prove worse for Americans than failure?