KABUL, Afghanistan, Sept. 22 (UPI) -- The commander of the U.S. and NATO forces in Afghanistan says the threat to coalition forces comes from three main insurgent groups in the country.
In his confidential assessment report, a copy of which was obtained by The Washington Post, Gen. Stanley A. McChrystal identified the groups as the Quetta Shura Taliban (QST) led by Mullah Omar, the Haqqani network (HQN), and the Hezb-e-Islami Gulbuddin led by former Mujahedin commander Gulbuddin Hekmatyar, the Post reported.