April 10th, 2003, 03:15 PM
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Re: [OT] Another heated discussion about the Iraq siutation, war and politics.
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Originally posted by Unknown_Enemy:
from www.stratfor.com
Reports emerging from Kabul indicate that the Taliban and Hizb e-Islami forces have recaptured much of the eastern and southeastern Afghanistan. Gulbuddin Hekmatyar reportedly is leading the resistance, although the appointed provisional governors remain nominally in charge of the areas. The situation likely will deteriorate further in the coming weeks.
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Bear in mind a couple of things...
1) The southeast portion of Afghanistan has always been the home of the pro-Taliban tribes.
2) "Control" or "re-capture" is a pretty vague notion in a country as atomized (i.e. lots of isolated pockets of population) as Afghanistan is.
3) The best public source of MILINT and RUMINT that I know of, StrategyPage.com, actually has the *Coalition* as being on the offensive in the south lately...
Strategy Page's Afghanistan Report
[ April 10, 2003, 14:17: Message edited by: General Woundwort ] |