A "New" Taliban Proving Deadly to NATO Forces

[sabra]

Source: ABC News Blotter

Coalition forces in Afghanistan are fighting a deadlier Taliban than ever, as jihadis returning from Iraq use techniques like suicide bombings and improvised explosive devices (IEDs) to challenge NATO forces, experts tell ABC News.

"The cross-pollination from Iraq is making it much more difficult for NATO soldiers in Afghanistan," said Richard Clarke, former White House counter-terrorism czar.

Six NATO soldiers, all Canadian, were killed on Easter Sunday by an IED in the southern Afghanistan city of Kandahar. It was deadliest attack on NATO troops this year.

Clarke said sophisticated IEDs and suicide bombings similar to those used against Western forces in Iraq are new in Afghanistan since last year.

Though US officials cannot quantify exactly how many Taliban members are back from Iraq, they say there are enough to have significantly increased the number of attacks on NATO forces in recent months.

Read more: http://blogs.abcnews.com/theblotter/2007/04/a_new_taliban_p.html

[Rosa Luxemburg]

1. I thought the idea after 9/11 was to crush the Taliban/Al Queeda?

The poppy fields are growing nicely, the Taliban is gathering steam. What's with this war on terror? :shrug:

[FormerDem06]

2. BUT, BUT, BUT the MSM tells me all of the insurgents in Iraq are Iraqis

fighting the oppressors, yearning to be free. Is it actually possible that there is outside interference in Iraq?

Surely this story is wrong.


:wtf:

[Tempest]

3. According to Karzai, the Taliban has been defeated

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x2799923

[Az_lefty]

4. So, our misadventure into Iraq has created a furtile training ground

for the Taliban. What a total FUBAR!!!

:grr:

[Acadia Blue]

5. So Iraq helped these monsters develope better killing skills?

I can't believe the harm that little monkey has caused to our country and the entire world.

[bemildred]

6. Gee, who could have predicted this? nt

[Toots]

7. How can this be. Iraq is supposed to be a magnet drawing Al Qaeda to it daily

They aren't supposed to be leaving Iraq. That isn't supposed to be part of the script..:shrug: I have never heard one report that stated Taliban was in Iraq unless of course they make Taliban and Al Qaeda into one entity as I just did...