03-29-2007, 10:18 PM
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Update on Taliban spring offensive
Well the libs were breathlessly awaiting the Taliban spring offensive. The latest from Afghanistan.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.../30/wafg30.xml
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Taliban flee Afghan-led Nato offensive
"Of course there are some Taliban left in here, but they have dropped their weapons and they are hiding," said Colonel Rasoul, the commander of the 3rd Kandak, the best regular army unit in the fledgling Afghan security forces.
The operation, which began last week during the Persian new year celebrations of Nawruz, involved 400 Afghan security personnel, the biggest Afghan-led sweep yet in the Nato offensive in Helmand.
Crucially, it was also backed by local militias, whose commanders had sworn to remove the Taliban from their land.
The success means that much needed-reconstruction projects, postponed for months due to the Taliban presence, can now begin as planned.
The Afghan army soldiers patrolling through the fields of Nad Ali also boast new helmets, flak jackets and weapons - the first signs of a $2 billion US aid package designed to turn a ragtag force with an acute desertion problem into an army that would allow Western troops to begin pulling out. Another $6.2 billion is promised to the corrupt and widely mistrusted Afghan police force.
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Nancy pelosi is said to be deeply disappointed by the coalition success and vows to everything she can to ensure we lose and expose Bush. 
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