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August 27, 2007

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James Dunnigan of The Strategy Page provides his readers with a thoughtful, enlightening essay regarding the Taliban in Afghanistan.

The Taliban have changed tactics, now they favor kidnapping foreigners and suicide bombings, to try and weaken the government. The traditional Taliban tactics, of war bands (of 50-100 gunmen) roaming the countryside, attacking the police and terrorizing villagers into supporting the cause, have failed. The Afghan police and army are too well trained and equipped (with radios, to call in NATO troops and airpower) to be defeated. The losses for the Taliban are very high, with a third or more the men in these war bands being killed. Many of the survivors are wounded, or captured. This is bad for morale, and makes recruiting more difficult. It’s been tough on the leadership as well. Last week, U.S. forces detected a meeting of Taliban leaders in southern Afghanistan. Smart bombs hit the meeting, which had gathered over a hundred Taliban followers to witness the execution of two men suspected of passing information to the government. Over a hundred people were killed. The Taliban promptly claimed most of the dead were civilians. But they always do that, and no one believes them anymore. Afghans know that the Taliban attract smart bombs, and the Taliban have increasingly used force and threats to obtain human shields. This will sometimes lead to gun battles between civilians and Taliban. The Afghans aren’t stupid, and the Taliban are desperate.

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