Friday, September 10, 2004
Taliban Regrouping
Asia Times reports on the Taliban's big plan.
I don't believe that the Taliban control most of Afghaistan, and most of the U.S. forces are dug into trenches, but I do believe the Taliban/terrorists will do whatever they can to disrupt the elections.
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"The situation is going from bad to worse," says Malik Nabi, district president, Chaman, of the anti-Taliban Pashtunkho Mili Awami Party. "The numbers of Taliban and their supporters are increasing with every passing day. You take a ride to Chaman and you will find black and white turbans everywhere, a sort of propaganda tactic to show their strength. Just go to a football stadium in the evening and you will find hundreds of black turbans, a hallmark of the Taliban," Malik Nabi adds.
Nowadays, as far as the Taliban are concerned, there are two types of Taliban: those who are on the frontline battlefields, and those who are waiting for a call to become cannon fodder once the word goes out for a mass mobilization.
As far as al-Qaeda is concerned, a new, dispersed, generation of cells are involved in plotting attacks worldwide.
The "old" brigade, meanwhile, including bin Laden and Zawahiri, are concentrating their efforts on the battlefields of Afghanistan.
I don't believe that the Taliban control most of Afghaistan, and most of the U.S. forces are dug into trenches, but I do believe the Taliban/terrorists will do whatever they can to disrupt the elections.
