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2003-04-04 Afghanistan

U.S. Aircraft Force Taliban To Abandon Afgan Hideout

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Posted by Steve 2003-04-04 07:44 am|| || Front Page|| [3 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Additional: "Eight enemy were killed in action and Afghan forces have taken 15 persons under control," US military spokesman, Colonel Roger King said on Friday. A spokesman for the Kandahar authorities, Khalid Pashtun, said two government soldiers were killed in the fighting and another two were wounded.

Posted by Steve 2003-04-04 08:07:45|| 2003-04-04 08:07:45|| Front Page Top

#2 Evidence is mounting in the southern regions of Afghanistan that the Taliban is reorganizing and has found an ally in Gulbuddin Hekmatyar, a rebel commander who has been labeled a terrorist by the United States and hunted by its troops.

I thought Hek WAS a Talibani?

Posted by Ptah 2003-04-04 08:39:28|| [www.crusaderwarcollege.org] 2003-04-04 08:39:28|| Front Page Top

#3 'reorganizing' will be used to show Bush's failure in Afghanistan, but it's the best thing to happen. they make a better target in a group. like smashing an ant-pile, you have to wait for them to regroup before smashing them again.

Posted by Dixie Normus 2003-04-04 09:06:58|| 2003-04-04 09:06:58|| Front Page Top

#4 This is all becoming similar to the Apache campaigns along the Mexican border 130 years ago.

Posted by Don 2003-04-04 09:14:16|| 2003-04-04 09:14:16|| Front Page Top

#5 Re: hek and Taliban

Hek is a pashtun and and a fundi, so he has that in common with Taliban. After communist regime fell hek was one of the warlords who contested for control of Kabul and afghan govt with gen Dostum (uzbek, secularist) and Rahabani (Tajik, Fundie) Pakistan, discontented with the disorder, and wanting to use afgan as trade route and route for influence into central asia, and worried about Indian and Russian influence, supported a group of fighters/students recruited among afghan refugees in Pakistan called the taliban. One of the first things they did was chase off Hek, who went to Iran. Dostum and Rahabani kissed and made up and formed Northern Alliance, which lost Kabul and other cities, but held out in nothern mountain strongholds, with Russian support. They also had support of Ahmed Massoud, a key leader from anti-soviet war (and tajik). taliban imposed islamic regime far stricter than hek or Rahabbani - the most extreme muslim fundie regimi in the modern world. They continued to press against remnants of Northern Alliance, while becoming more enmeshed with Al qaeeda, and receiving support from Pakistans ISI. that was status quo on sept 9, 2001. On Sept 10, 2001 AQ operatives assasinated Ahmen Massoud (clearly anticipating US strategy in response to WTC attack and rightly seeing Massoud key to Northern Alliance)
On Sept 11 everything changed of course.

After formation of Karzai regime (with support of Dostum, more reluctant support of Rahabbani) Hek was expelled from Iran (which had opposed Taliban, been friendly to post-com Russian policy, and was trying to make nice with Karzai regime) Hek then went into afgan and into violent opposition to Karzai and Americans, with an on-again off-again alliance with Taliban.

Posted by liberalhawk 2003-04-04 09:24:58|| 2003-04-04 09:24:58|| Front Page Top

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