Taliban Say Their Insurgency Is Waiting Out the Bitter Winter

[Rose Siding]

The harsh Afghan winter has limited Taliban attacks against government and foreign troops, and the militants are regrouping to resume their raids after the weather warms, a Taliban spokesman said on Saturday.

The spokesman, Abdul Latif Hakimi, also dismissed reports of Taliban defections to accept amnesty offered by the government of President Hamid Karzai.

In a telephone interview that he initiated, Mr. Hakimi said the elusive Taliban leader, Mullah Muhammad Omar, had ordered that attacks be stepped up once the snow thawed in the mountains, which usually happens in April. He said he had spoken with Mullah Omar by phone on Saturday.
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"Has any Taliban changed sides? No. If the Taliban are in contact with the government, why then are their names not revealed? This is not true; it is psychological warfare aimed at creating rift among the Taliban."

http://nytimes.com/2005/02/20/international/asia/20afghan.html

[LinuxInsurgent]

1. hey ...remember me?

don't forget us...you know, the original Muslim bad boys...those Iraqis have nothing on us!

[Maple]

2. Well the Taliban

isn't going away.

[Igel]

3. "why then are their names not revealed?"

Gotta love catch-22s.

Reveal their names, bury them a few days later.

Don't reveal their names, can't prove they exist.