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It would appear that the Taliban, for now, are only going to try to maintain control of the rural ground that they have currently attained. They are going to push out small cells of young jihadists into the cities to distract NATO and then they will try to take more ground rurally. Interesting tactic, but hopefully it will backfire on them.
If they really do have sympathizers in key roles within the government then they should be flushed out now!
If they really do have sympathizers in key roles within the government then they should be flushed out now!
more on link: http://www.atimes.com/atimes/South_Asia/IE19Df02.htmlSouth Asia
May 19, 2007
Taliban turn their focus on cities
By Syed Saleem Shahzad
KARACHI - With the killing of leading Taliban field commander Mullah Dadullah by US-led forces last weekend, reports of the death of the spring insurgency in Afghanistan are rife.
A North Atlantic Treaty Organization spokesperson has already been quoted as saying that the situation in Kandahar province has improved compared with last year and the only task that remains is to control restive Helmand province.
It is not as clear-cut as this, though, and despite what NATO might say, there has been a recent upsurge of violence in Kandahar and plans for a mass uprising remain on course, although the death of Dadullah has been a psychological blow to the Taliban.
Secret Taliban cells inside Kandahar, in connivance with sympathizers in the Afghan administration - right under the noses of NATO forces -are surfacing in the city, and NATO planes can do little about it.