Taliban takes control of 2 Afghan towns

[aquafin]

The Taliban operate freely in large areas of southern Afghanistan and police presence there often is virtually nonexistent, but insurgents only were known to have completely seized one town since their hard-line regime was toppled by U.S. forces in 2001.
They were quickly driven out of that town, Chora, in Uruzgan province.
The attacks came with thousands of U.S.-led troops involved in an offensive against Taliban holdouts and allied extremists in remote southern and eastern provinces to curb the deadliest upsurge in violence since the hard-line militia was ousted in late 2001.
On Monday, large numbers of militants chased out police after a brief clash in the town of Naway-i-Barakzayi, in Helmand province near the Pakistan border, district police chief Mullah Sharufuddin said.
Scores of Taliban forces overran police holed up Sunday in a compound in the nearby Helmand town of Garmser. The security forces and a handful of government officials fled, a local government official said.
The official, speaking on condition of anonymity because he did not have permission to speak to the media, said Taliban forces were now "moving freely" around the Garmser and the surrounding district.
"We have heard reports of two districts in southern Helmand being under control of the Taliban, and we are in contact with lots of people to build an accurate picture," said another coalition spokesman, Maj. Scott Lundy.
"The Taliban are a credible threat, but the coalition is more than a match for them when and wherever we encounter them," he said.
British military spokesman Capt. Drew Gibson confirmed enemy "activity" in both areas but declined to elaborate. More than 3,000 British soldiers are deploying to Helmand to take over security control from U.S. forces later this month.
Taliban forces killed a coalition soldier and wounded 11 others in a fierce battle Monday in Tirin Kot, capital of Helmand's neighboring Uruzgan province, a U.S. statement said. The nationalities of the soldiers were not released.
More than 800 people, mostly militants, have been killed since May, according to an Associated Press tally of coalition and Afghan figures.
U.S.-led troops entering southern insurgent hotbeds for the first time are facing intense resistance.



Well hey, when you sent 140,000more troops to the wrong country,
which didn't haveanything to do with 9/11, and totaly let the master mind of 9/11 get away,then your leader is a dumb ass, and screwed the whole point of getting the true bad guy.

FACT 1: If we never went to Iraq, wed still have world support.
FACT 2: Iraq had nothing to do with 9/11
FACT 3: The ones that made 9/11 happen are stationed in Afghanistan, we send 5% of the troops we sent to Iraq, to find the ones that killed 3k Americans.

Bush is a dumbass

[kevin1]

Taking control of what is probably 10-12 tents and a camel corral on the frontier is hardly a threat to our troops stationed there , don't blow it out of proportion . The Taliban is all but finished in Afghanistan , they'll never be in control again .

[HuntingEd]

FACT - you dont understand war.

Im all about bringing the war to the terrorists. If the insurgents weren't over there attacking our troop (who can kick A$$ when attacked)where do you think they'd be attacking??

Doesnt take but a few braincells to realize that they'd be performing terrorism w/in our borders.

Also, do you really think Iraq was not helping/triaing/funding terrorists? If so you are extremely naive

[Charlie P]

Doesnt take but a few braincells to realize that they'd be performing terrorism w/in our borders.

Sure they would, that's just not true.

Also, do you really think Iraq was not helping/triaing/funding terrorists? If so you are extremely naive

Bin Laden wanted to oust Hussein because he wasn't a fundmentalist.

[Tazman]

Charlie who was offering money to the families of suicide bombers asa reward?

Charlie where were the terrorist who did thier thing on 9-11 trained?

Charlie you are aware there are more terrorist groups then just Al Queda right?

I agree that Bin Laden were not publicily the best of friends, but there were confirmed ties between the Taliban and Sadaam's people.

[Double Creek]

The hatred for Bush is so engrained in people like Charlie P its amazing... They can't get past the fact that what we did was a good thing... They are still pissed that Al Gore lost... It's unbelievable.....

Liberalism is most definitely a mental disorder....

[kevin1]

HuntingEd , we've been in Afghanistan for several years now , and those scruffy remnants of the Taliban have been in the rough outback of that country since they got their asses handed to them . Their numbers are few , and at best they harass an occasional town or troop convoy , they don't have the strength or the back up for a major conflict , nor will they as log as we have troops there . I don't understand warfare ? Pffttt ... I think you have that backward , the former Taliban are gnats on the eagle's rump , nothing more . The insurgents in Iraq are a larger concern to anyone than the Taliban will ever be .

[kevin1]

one down , one to go

You can't be everywhere at once , but you also don't have to take it when somebody else takes something from you . The eagle snaps one flea's head off , the other will go down soon enough . Yawn ...

[HuntingEd]

Kevin, i wasnt talking to you, i was talking to aquafin. I happen to agree w/ you whole heartidly. Sorry for the misscommunication.

[Canuck_Buck]

ORIGINAL: aquafin

but insurgents only were known to have completely seized one town

and the name and size of this town was?