Guest 655- Registered: 13 Mar 2008
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14 November 2010
10:0179988#1
....and their successes.
Reports today from the USA (Sunday Times) say that the average age of Taliban commanders has fallen from 35 to 25 due to attrition rates. Over last three months it has been reported that 339 mid-level Taliban commanders have been killed and 949 foot soldiers.
They are saying that the Taliban are being driven to the negotiating table by this level of attrition.
Let us hope that is true and that in a few years more we can bring our boys home leaving a stable Afghanistan and Al Qaeida no safe base there, mission accomplished.
14 November 2010
10:5480001#2
BarryW, I second that comment. They make a good job of a job no-one else would do, and it matters.
Guest 696- Registered: 31 Mar 2010
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14 November 2010
14:5580014#3
The other week I signed a petition to get our Soldiers out of Afghanistan immediately!
Keith Sansum1
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14 November 2010
16:2080017#4
Part of society that needs dealing with, but thats the legal system to.
Sometiimes judges hands are tied by maxmum sentence they are able to give
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howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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14 November 2010
16:2980021#5
the taleban have made it quite clear that they will only negotiate once all foreign troops have left the country.
it was the coalition forces that wanted to start negotiations.
