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NNN0LHI Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-28-06 10:53 PM
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U.S. says attacks up in Afghan border area - The Afghans are desperate
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KABUL (Reuters) - Militant attacks in eastern Afghanistan, near the border with Pakistan, have tripled in some areas, the U.S. military said on Thursday, despite a peace agreement on the Pakistani side meant to end the violence.

A Taliban resurgence in Afghanistan has spawned the worst violence since U.S.-led forces toppled the hardliners in 2001.

It has also soured relations between Kabul and Islamabad, crucial allies in the U.S.-led war on terrorism that are both battling Islamist militants.

U.S. President George W. Bush urged the Afghan and Pakistani leaders on Wednesday to improve cooperation in fighting terrorism as he mediated talks between them in Washington.
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TomInTib Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-28-06 11:00 PM
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1. They are timing this perfectly
The Taliban will be going into the mountains soon to winter in.

All of this increase will just turn up the heat on the boiling pot.

There will be hell to pay, come Spring.
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