"Taliban Are Rising Again in Afghanistan’s North" Topic
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| Tango01 | 23 Oct 2014 10:49 p.m. PST |
"The last time Afghans in the northern province of Kunduz felt so threatened by the Taliban was in 2009, just before President Obama deployed thousands of troops to push the insurgents back from the outskirts of the province's capital.
Now the Taliban are back, but the cavalry will not be coming.
With just two months left before the formal end of the 13-year international combat mission, Western officials insist that the Afghan security forces have managed to contain the Taliban's offensives on their own. But the insurgents' alarming gains in Kunduz in recent weeks present a different picture…"
Full article here
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Armand |
 Legion 4  | 24 Oct 2014 10:42 a.m. PST |
Again, no surprise … and it's just going to get worse as the withdrawl dates of the US/NATO forces gets closer … |
| 15mm and 28mm Fanatik | 24 Oct 2014 10:46 a.m. PST |
Well, we can't play 'whack a mole' forever. |
| Tango01 | 24 Oct 2014 10:47 a.m. PST |
Agee my friend.
Really worst! Amicalement
Armand |
| Legion 4 | 26 Oct 2014 7:21 a.m. PST |
Just saw the UK is turning over it's last post to the ANA in Helmand province … As the "Redcoats" go home … along with many NATO, etc., others to follow … Any bets how long before that region is under firm(er) Tali control ? |
| Legion 4 | 27 Oct 2014 10:55 a.m. PST |
The Talis attacked a court house and killed 7 somewhere in A'stan … according to CNN … |
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is painting some ground targets as he needs them.
