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| Afghanistan |
| NATO: Insurgency weakened |
| 2011-05-09 |
| From the News Source That Shall Not Be Named: On Monday, NATO announced that it has significantly weakened the Taliban insurgency, capturing or killing thousands of militants in Afghanistan during the past three months. Thanks to the surge, NATO has moved into areas that have until lately been left to the Taliban's tender mercies and inspirational justice. Winter operations have weakened the Taliban. Over the last three months, NATO has killed or captured about 500 Taliban leaders and 2,700 grunts. NATO has seized more weapons caches in the past six months than in the previous two years. In desperate response, the Taliban have been resorting to lots of "spectacular" suicide attacks to prove to those of weak mind that they are still relevant, but they haven't really succeeded in retaking anything. They have been getting their butts handed to them on a fairly regular basis, though. If things keep up and the Taliban don't have a hand to play for their vaunted "spring offensive", the coming troop drawdown could be larger. "This violence will have no lasting impact in light of the gains Afghan and coalition forces have made through the winter." Giving the bad guys no R&R over the winter: Good. Giving them time off during the winter (or ever, for that matter): Bad. |
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