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Afghanistan’s Kunduz province had been earlier evaluated as secure that is why troops were moved to other hotspots. Now, with US and Afghan forces concentrated on the southern regions of Afghanistan, the Taliban have returned to the northern Kunduz province. In fact, ‘the Taliban is now threatening a key route bringing NATO supplies from Central [...]

More than 4,000 US marines and 650 Afghan soldiers have launched a major offensive against Taliban strongholds in the southern province of Helmand, according to military sources. The Afghan and US troops descended on the region in helicopters and armored vehicles. NATO planes add strategic support. ‘Operation Khanjar’ (Sword Strike) is the first [...]

Admiral Mike Mullen, Chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff, admits to the US Senate’s foreign relations committee the worse and further risk of US troop success in Afghanistan. He sums up his misgiving when he said, “We can’t deny that our success may only push them [the Taliban] deeper into Pakistan.” He also evaluates as apt the [...]