Afghan war needs troops

[Rose Siding]

KABUL, Afghanistan // Radical Islamist Taliban forces, shattered and ejected from Afghanistan by the U.S. military five years ago, are poised for a major offensive against U.S. troops and undermanned NATO forces, prompting American commanders here to issue an urgent appeal for a new Marine Corps battalion to reinforce the American positions.
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Already, a U.S. Army infantry battalion fighting in a critical area of eastern Afghanistan is due to be withdrawn within weeks in order to deploy to Iraq.

According to Army Brig. Gen. Anthony J. Tata and other senior U.S. commanders here, that will happen just as the Taliban is expected to unleash a major campaign to cut the vital road between Kabul and Kandahar. The official said the Taliban intend to seize Kandahar, Afghanistan's second-largest city and the place where the group was organized in the 1990s.

http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/nationworld/bal-te.afghanistan07jan07,0,3288686.story?page=1&coll=bal-attack-headlines

[whistle]

1. Man oh man, Dubya and Cheney have created a real mess out there

[POAS]

2. I know of one person in the AF

going to Afghanistan to replace Army personnel.

[Roland99]

3. Watching PBS' Frontline last night, the Taliban is within 100 miles of Kabul

[NMDemDist2]

4. I'm glad they put this on DUs front page Rose

i would have completely missed it otherwise

so we are gonna pull troops from Afghanistan and leave the rest to be massacred by the Taliban?

:banghead:

:cry:

[eridani]

5. The Taliban were never ejected, nor were their counterparts --

--ever ejected by the Soviet Union. They just left the urban areas for the 70% of Afghanistan which is rural and reactionary. Armed force can only keep them out of cities, really.