Who is losing in Afghanistan?

This AP report suggest that the news agency is losing its own credibility.

Insurgent activity in Afghanistan has risen fourfold this year, and militants now launch more than 600 attacks a month, a rising wave of violence that has resulted in 3,700 deaths in 2006, a bleak new report found.

Afghanistan saw about 130 insurgent attacks a month last year, said the report by the Joint Coordination and Monitoring Board, which consists of representatives from Afghanistan and the international community, including the United Nations.

The new report said insurgents were launching more than 600 attacks a month as of the end of September, up from 300 a month at the end of March this year. The violence has killed more than 3,700 people this year, it said.

Officials said on Sunday that in the volatile border area near Pakistan, more than 20 Taliban militants -- and possibly as many as 60 -- were killed during several days of clashes.

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The perspective is truly warped. Virtually all those killed are the enemy. They have been killed because their attacks have failed. But in the Alice in Wonderland world of AP reporters failed attacks by the enemy are bad news for our side. The reality is that the enemy has increased his efforts and has negative results to show for those increased efforts. In war, this is called losing. In the world of the AP, it is trouble for our side.