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Originally Posted by Mens Rea
It turns out that the Taliban is back in Afghanistan. Or maybe they never left. Either way, U.S.-led forces are waging their largest anti-Taliban offensive to date across southern Afghanistan. http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/n...ationworld-hed
Karzai says that they are not a long term threat. I guess killing more US troops during 2005 than any other year since 2001 is not a long term threat to Karzai. 2006 is on route to break that record.
The good news is that the heroin business is booming.
Even better news is that Afghanistan is doing better than Iraq:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/weeklystanda...iveselfdefense
At least the people of Afghanistan support their puppet government and are not in a civil war. |
The Taliban killed Karzai's Dad, I think in front of him. __________________
"Headbanger is a legit crack addict and has shit for brains. His ability to weave together slices of reality with totally non-sequitor, asinine points of bullshit is simply astonishing." -Octavian
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