[Dean's World] Aziz P: good news from Afghanistan

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Posted by Aziz P:
good news from Afghanistan
http://www.deanesmay.com/posts/1197322266.shtml


   [1]This is a good thing:

     KANDAHAR, Afghanistan, Dec. 10 â Afghan and NATO troops retook the
     town of Musa Qala in southern Afghanistan today, forcing the
     Taliban to withdraw from the only sizable town they hold in the
     country, Afghan and NATO officials said. There was no clear picture
     of casualties, but the Taliban and civilians said there had been
     heavy bombardment overnight.

     The news came as Prime Minister Gordon Brown of Britain made a
     surprise visit to Afghanistan and met with President Hamid Karzai.
     About 7,000 British troops are deployed in Helmand Province, in
     southern Afghanistan. Retaking the town of Musa Qala, which they
     abandoned over a year ago, has been one of their main objectives in
     the province, which has the highest level of Taliban activity as
     well as illicit opium production.

   Of course, this doesn't mean that Afghanistan is stable or that Al
   Qaeda is defeated, but is unabashedly good news. The locus of
   terrorism remains Afghanistan and the Pakstiani frontier, whereas in
   Iraq Al- Qaeda is essentially irrelevant. The real war on terror is
   being fought - and painstakingly, slowly, but steadily - won in
   Afghanistan alone.

References

   1. http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/11/world/asia/11kabul.html?ex=1355029200&en=ebe25d9ed19a7199&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss