Senate committee questions Taliban, al-Qaida gains in Afghanistan

WASHINGTON - Sen. Carl Levin, D-Mich., chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, said he is worried about Afghanistan, given violence over the last year and an expected spring offensive by a regrouped Taliban.

Noting "there are deep differences in the Congress about the way forward in Iraq," Levin said at a hearing Thursday there is great unity for doing everything that must be done militarily and economically to prevent Afghanistan from again providing a safe haven for the terrorists.