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Another escalation: "Taliban seize Afghan villages," from Al Jazeera, June 16:
Taliban fighters have taken control of eight villages in Arghandab district in Afghanistan, and have said they plan to march towards Kandahar city.
About 500 fighters are said to be involved in the ongoing Taliban offensive, which got under way on Monday, Al Jazeera has learnt.
Arghandab district lies 30km north of Kandahar city.
Afghan and US-led forces in Afghanistan are said to be preparing to repulse the offensive.
Al Jazeera's Hashem Ahelbarra, reporting from Kandahar, said that hundreds of Taliban fighters are taking up positions in the area and taking over nearby villages.
"Sources from the Afghan army say that unless they get support from the Afghan national and international coalition forces, they won't be able to launch any counterattack," he said.
"If Arghandab is taken over by the Taliban, it will mean a significant shift in power, and people are concerned that this will be a step forward for the Taliban towards Kandahar."
Posted by Marisol at June 16, 2008 11:15 AM
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The Afghan army can't beat 500 guys without help, but Karzai wants to invade Pakistan?
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at June 16, 2008 12:14 PM
They are describing a "target rich environment." This is the type of warfare the U.S. the U.K. do very well.
Posted by: MP at June 16, 2008 1:06 PM
Out of Iraq, into Afghanistan--should have never gone in, now we must redeploy.
Posted by: Shlomo_Michael at June 16, 2008 1:37 PM
Sheesh, I guess the 400 taliban that escaped from jail recently have come in handy since 500 taliban were part of the attack of the villages.
at June 16, 2008 3:11 PM
"Sources from the Afghan Army say...."
This is from Al Jazeera folks. Take it with more than a grain of salt.
Posted by: Cornelius at June 16, 2008 5:35 PM
Shlomo
No Afghanistan either - just redeploy troops into Diego Garcia, or even India, and end the alliance with Fuckistan. Read Islamabad the riot act (publicly or privately) - if anything more happens (or when), not only will Waziristan be carpet bombed, but Paki nuke facilities will be taken out, and other cities, such as Lahore, Karachi will be fair game as well.
Posted by: Infidel Pride at June 16, 2008 7:03 PM
The Afghan army can't beat 500 guys without help, but Karzai wants to invade Pakistan?
Posted by: duh_swami
Brilliant!
(They can't beat 50 guys without help, but they're fighters to be feared!)
Posted by: PMK at June 16, 2008 7:40 PM
What do the villagers think of all this? Do they want the taliban in power? These people always seem to discourage me. I'm with you Infidel Pride.
Posted by: imamerican at June 17, 2008 11:14 PM
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