blockhead
Joined: 29 Oct 2006
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Location: SouthWest
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| Posted: Sun Nov 12, 2006 11:21 pm Post subject: Insurgent activity has risen four-fold in Afghanistan |
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Have we forgot about the FAILURE in Afghanistan? We have focused all our attention on the COMPLETE FAILURE in Iraq, and I think we forget about what we did to Afghanistan. Hey OPIUM is abundant, that's a plus.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061112/ap_on_re_as/afghanistan
Insurgent activity rising in Afghanistan
By JASON STRAZIUSO, Associated Press Writer
Sun Nov 12, 5:49 PM ET
KABUL, Afghanistan - Insurgent activity in Afghanistan has risen fourfold this year, and militants now launch more than 600 attacks a month, a rising wave of violence that has resulted in 3,700 deaths in 2006, a bleak new report released Sunday found.
In the volatile border area near Pakistan, more than 20 Taliban militants — and possibly as many as 60 — were killed during several days of clashes, officials said Sunday.
The new report said insurgents were launching more than 600 attacks a month as of the end of September, up from 300 a month at the end of March this year. The violence has killed more than 3,700 people this year, it said.
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