Something is happening in Afghanistan
The downing of a Chinook helicopter brining in fresh troops to a battle that has already killed over 100 Taliban fighters in Afghanistan along the border with Pakistan, suggest a major confrontation is underway.
This also raises the question of why the Taliban are accepting combat in this location insead of running away to fight another day, which is the normal response of weak insurgencies like theirs. It is not clear whether the usual reason, they are trapped and unable to escape, applies to this situation. There is also the possibility that they are protecting someone like Mullah Omar, or HVT himself, Osama bin Laden.
What does seem clear is that the Taliban is offering battle and the US is sending additional forces to join the battle. The Taliban is either changing its strategy, or it has no choice in offering battle.
The downing of a Chinook helicopter brining in fresh troops to a battle that has already killed over 100 Taliban fighters in Afghanistan along the border with Pakistan, suggest a major confrontation is underway.
This also raises the question of why the Taliban are accepting combat in this location insead of running away to fight another day, which is the normal response of weak insurgencies like theirs. It is not clear whether the usual reason, they are trapped and unable to escape, applies to this situation. There is also the possibility that they are protecting someone like Mullah Omar, or HVT himself, Osama bin Laden.
What does seem clear is that the Taliban is offering battle and the US is sending additional forces to join the battle. The Taliban is either changing its strategy, or it has no choice in offering battle.
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