The article says it was done in a lab in Afghanistan.
Highly probable that the lab would be set up, with 10 years, and having this sample for a long time, and knowing that he was somewhere nearby most likely.
A year working as a DNA analyst before attending grad school in cell and molecular biology. Doing it every day for a year with technology from ten years ago and I know it could be done in about 4-8 hours using ten year old techniques.
Sorry if you liked your story of it taking two months better.
Wow, I thought all this stuff happened in pookiston, now they made a side trip to afganistan.
This is getting more believable by the minute......
BTW, how long did it take to get the DNA identified from the blue dress?