JAIPUR, India -- President Nicolas Sarkozy's announcement Friday that France is suspending joint combat and training programs, and considering an early withdrawal from Afghanistan highlights the Taliban's possible payoff for efforts to discourage its foes from continuing to fight a long, unpopular war.
Sarkozy said his country would review its role in the U.S.-led war after four French soldiers were killed and more than a dozen wounded by an Afghan soldier who turned on them Thursday in Kapisa province, just north of Kabul.
