Taliban Fighters Take Control in Uruzgan

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Mujahideen forces have carried out several strikes upon coalition forces in Uruzgan, Badakhsan, Wardog and Logar. Twenty Afghan troops were killed in the attacks in Loogar including the provincial police IG and other high ranking police officials. This was revealed by the provincial military commander while briefing Reuters news agency...

On Tuesday morning a unit of 300 Mujahideen fighters launched an attack upon the district of Khas Uruzgan, the capital of Tareenkot. The attack was three pronged one from each side. The intensity of the attack was so great that the local administration surrendered after minor resistance. 32 high ranked government officials were arrested along with the district commissioner although some officials eluded capture, escaping to the provincial capital. Seven police fatalities were confirmed including high ranked officials, 14 Afghan troops received life threatening injuries. Taliban forces took custody of 60 klashankovs, rocket launchers and heavy ammunition reserves. Currency equalling almost 13 million Pakistani rupees was also taken by Mujahideen fighters. The latest reports confirm that Taliban forces hold full control of the region. Military analysts had predicted that Mujahideen forces would take control of the region iminently.

In Kunar, a US military base and convoy were both hit by rocket attacks and mortar fire. No estimate has been recieved regarding the casualties sustained by the US troops in the attack. Mujahideen forces have also ambushed a UN, MDP convoy in the district of Syedbad in the Wardog province. The attack resulted in the anihilation of two military vehicles while a third was left in flames. Three people were reported to have been killed and five others incurred life threatening attacks. The IG police of the province have indicated that Taliban forces were behind the attack. While speaking to the BBC Pastu service, he elaborated that a 20-30 men strong unit of Taliban fighters ambushed the UN convoy. ..In Northern Afghanistan two workers of the UN children program were injured in an attack by Mujahideen forces. The vehicles of both workers were badly damaged in the attack.

The governement of Hamid Karzai, has nominated Baaz Muhammad Ahmadi as the new commander of Herat. Thousands of Afghans thronged the streets of Herat in demonstrations and protests, in favour of the former commander of Herat, Ismail Khan. The protestors warned that if anyone other than Ismail Khan was given the post of commander of Herat, then they would be met with hostility and removed by force if neccessary. They insisted that Ismail khan was ideal for both posts of governor and military commander and any other figure appointed at these posts would not be tolerated....

http://www.kavkaz.org.uk/eng/article.php?id=1618

[robbedvoter]

1. Quick! Send Pickles there! She'll know what to do!

[goforit]

2. Is Cheney prepared to do another one of his "Carpet Bombings"?

He has lots of toys.

[KeepItReal]

3. Title could also be "Taliban retreat is over"

This fight is nowhere near over. If U.S. airpower ever gets stymied, our 10K troops on the ground in Afghanistan are screwed.

Check this out:

"Two American soldiers died in a gun battle in eastern Afghanistan yesterday as hundreds of Taliban fighters poured into the southern mountains to join a week-long battle against Afghan and US forces.

There are increasing signs that the fundamentalist Taliban regime has been deposed, but not completely defeated, following an upsurge in guerrilla attacks in the past fortnight that have killed more than 100 people, including dozens of government troops.

US fighter jets supporting heavily armed Afghan soldiers have met with stiff resistance in the seven days of fighting in the southern province of Zabul. An American special operations soldier was killed last Friday in a fall during a combat operation there.

"Fighting has escalated today," Khalil Hotak, the US-backed Afghan regime's intelligence chief in the province, told Reuters news agency yesterday. "The bombardment has intensified, so has the shelling, but the Taliban are bitterly resisting." "

http://www.guardian.co.uk/international/story/0,3604,1033173,00.html

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4. Mujahideen, that's the original Bush Family Army

In the late 80s, Pakistan's then head of state, Benazir Bhutto, told the first President George Bush, you are creating a Frankenstein. But the warnings never quite filtered down to the cops and G-men on the streets of New York.

http://msnbc.com/news/632825.asp

Now you know why Musharraf has outlawed the Bhutto family from seeking office in Pakistan.

[Zhade]

5. Yep, we sure did depose that there Taliban!

Thanks for the heads-up. It's way too easy to forget that people are still dying in a war in Afghanistan.

MAN, we need to get Chimpy and his fellow traitors out. Desperately.