Taliban growing stronger in Afghanistan: report

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Source: Reuters

LONDON (Reuters) - NATO countries are not giving the international force securing Afghanistan enough support and there are worrying signs that the Taliban are growing stronger, a detailed study by Britain's parliament has found.

The report, by the House of Commons Defence Committee, highlighted a series of concerns, from a lack of training for Afghan police and armed forces to an unclear policy on eradicating the country's vast opium poppy fields.

But the chief preoccupation was a lack of support from other NATO countries to provide more troops to the 36,000-strong ISAF mission and evidence that violence, including Iraq-style suicide bombings, was growing as Taliban and al Qaeda-linked insurgents expand their sphere of influence outwards from the south.

Britain, which leads NATO forces in the restive Helmand province in the southern Afghanistan, is one of the largest contributors to the mission, with 7,100 troops.

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1. Jeeze, yesterday it was al Q, today its the Taliban. It's like the

bush** admin was feeding them growth hormones.

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2. At least they are using the right name

The Al Qaeda, was what the list of names was called, of foreign fighters, who came to the training camp for a couple of weeks and then left. Al Qaeda in Afghanistan is as big a myth as Al Qeada in Iraq. Next it will be Al Qaeda in Pakistan.