Link to the "In the Loop" column of the Washington Post.

Al Kamen's write-up- "All those Afghans, give or take a few million"- sums up the latest significantly revised population figures. Down from 33.6 million to 28,396,000.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn...l?hpid=topnews

CIA had, apparently, relied on the US Census Bureau for its Afghan estimates.

I'm still looking at the UN figures in the 26.5 million range, so another 2 million remains in limbo, but the new figure is better than the old one.

Now, how are the changes allocated to the provinces, districts, metrics, etc...?

PS- Obviously, somebody outside of our circle actually reads this stuff.