Taliban Surrounded as Afghan Clashes Go On

[Tom Yossarian Joad]

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&u=/nm/20030830/wl_nm/afghan_fighting_dc&e=5

The group of up to 1,000 Taliban fighters is the largest concentration of militants seen since the regime fell in 2001.


The fighting extends a bloody few weeks in Afghanistan (news - web sites), where bomb attacks, raids on government forces and factional clashes have claimed dozens of lives and undermined stability, particularly in the south and east of the country.


The Taliban has declared a "jihad," or holy war, against foreign troops and their allies in Afghanistan. U.S.-backed President Hamid Karzai says many of the rebels are crossing with impunity from neighboring Pakistan.

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The U.S. military contributes about 10,000 troops to the 12,500-strong force hunting remnants of the Taliban and the al Qaeda network of Osama bin Laden (news - web sites) it once sheltered. (additional reporting by Angie Ramos in Kabul)

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Thanks, George, for bringing all this stability to the ME...

[xchrom]

1. i doubt if you can surround

all the taliban fighters who want to kill us in afghanistan. but that was a pretty description in the head line.

[Tom Yossarian Joad]

2. "Custer surrounds Indian Nations"