-- KANDAHAR AIRFIELD, Afghanistan -- The Taliban is on the run north of Kandahar City after a joint counterattack by Afghan and NATO forces, Canadian officials say.But riddle me this... when is killing hundreds of your enemies, without losing a single Canadian soldier... a defeat?
Following three days of intense fighting, about 200 to 300 insurgents have been killed, injured, arrested or are headed back to districts further north.
Well... I guess you'd have to ask a noted "writer and humanitarian" for that answer...
"What I think is key to note is the symbolic, emotional weight of the Taliban being in Arghandab," said Sarah Chayes, an American writer and humanitarian who has a home in Kandahar City.Uh, Sarah... they got cut to applesauce and they're running away like little girls... I'm not seeing your point here.
"Even if the government and ISAF drive them back out in short order, which looks like it's going to happen, they have scored a major [psychological operations] point."
Ms. Chayes, strangely, then goes on to say...
"It's like a bulwark of the city. It's where the mujahedeen were based when they were fighting the Soviets, and no one could dislodge them from there," she said.Oh, you mean... EXCEPT THE CANADIANS?
Hey Sarah... maybe time to adjust your meds.
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-- ISLAMABAD, Pakistan -- Security forces killed as many as 70 militant supporters of a pro-Taliban cleric, the army said Thursday, hours after a suicide attack on an air force bus killed eight and wounded 40.
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