Tag Archives : Afghan Taliban

The US is currently lamenting that if only it had sent a sufficient enough force to Afghanistan back in 2001, it would have already captured Osama bin Laden in December of hat year. ‘The Senate Foreign Relations Committee’s report says that a robust American force could have barred bin Laden’s escape in the Afghan mountains of Tora Bora; [...]

Body count and casualties among the more ably-equipped foreign troops sent to quell them are proof enough that the Afghan Taliban are not a weak group. In fact, it is said that they are winning the war between them and the coalition forces aimed to decimate them. In spite of the fresh troop surges and the recent attacks on the Afghan Taliban, as well [...]

The new ‘Af-Pak’ strategy of Barack Obama already received a response from the insurgents. Taliban leader Mullah Omar said that Pakistani Taliban and Afghan Taliban will join forces to welcome the purportedly powerful new offensive from the West. Mullah Omar who was located by intelligence services to be presently based in Queta, capital [...]

Obama’s decision to send 17,000 reinforcement troops in Afghanistan has only strengthened resolution of Taliban to hold ground and fight. In fact Pakistan and Afghan Taliban have buried their differences, closed ranks and agreed to unify in their war against US. Taliban fighters across borders are preparing to greet influx of American soldiers with [...]