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Tango0127 May 2020 1:17 p.m. PST

"Under the shade of a mulberry tree, near grave sites dotted with Taliban flags, a top insurgent military leader in eastern Afghanistan acknowledged that the group had suffered devastating losses from American strikes and government operations over the past decade.

But those losses have changed little on the ground: The Taliban keep replacing their dead and wounded and delivering brutal violence.

"We see this fight as worship," said Mawlawi Mohammed Qais, the head of the Taliban's military commission in Laghman Province, as dozens of his fighters waited nearby on a hillside. "So if a brother is killed, the second brother won't disappoint God's wish — he'll step into the brother's shoes."…"

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USAFpilot27 May 2020 3:30 p.m. PST

"We see this fight as worship,"

That's about as good of a summation as any of what we are up against.

15mm and 28mm Fanatik28 May 2020 7:23 a.m. PST

Playing the "long game" a la' Vietnam until the US gets tired and go home. How else?

Gaz004528 May 2020 9:58 a.m. PST

Pakistani support has probably helped too……..

Tango0128 May 2020 12:07 p.m. PST

Glad you enjoyed it my friend!. (smile)


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