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Insurgent Attacks Rise 11%, MOD Confirms
The increase corresponds with the start of the Taliban's spring offensive, deputy front man for the defense ministry, Dawlat Waziri, said at a presser in Kabul on Saturday. He said that cut-throats were able to operate during warm nights during the spring and summer rather than seek shelter from the bitter cold at home as they did during the winter months. The Wall Street Journal article cited a NATO ...the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. It's headquartered in Belgium. That sez it all.... official as saying that June had seen the highest number of monthly attacks in almost two years, with more than 3,000 incidents, including firefights and kabooms. "The real cause of the increase in jihad boy attacks in the past three months is the pressure from Isaf and Afghan forces on terrorist hideouts," Isaf front man Brigadier General Günter Katz told TOLOnews on Saturday. He said this pressure would continue. The upturn comes as foreign forces continue their withdrawal from Afghanistan and hand over responsibility for proving security to Afghan forces. Posted by: trailing wife 2012-07-29 |
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