We're the Military and Airpower Guys of Jonah Goldberg of National Review Online + a stray we found wandering around looking lost. All original material JHD, BHD, JR, WT, and KA 2003-2007 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2006/05/afghan_violence_reflects_afghan_troops_progress_taliban_frustration.html Movable Type 4.12 en Copyright 2008 http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification Afghan Violence Reflects Afghan Troops' Progress, Taliban Frustration By Donna Miles American Forces Press Service WASHINGTON, May 23, 2006 – The recent surge in violence in southern Afghanistan reflects the fact that Afghan security forces are extending their reach and that the Taliban, in desperation, are trying to stop them, a senior military official told Pentagon reporters today. Army Brig. Gen. Carter F. Ham, deputy director of regional operations for the Joint Staff, called the "significant fighting," particularly in the south, a sign that the Taliban wants to stop "the expansion and the filtering of the reach of the... http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2006/05/afghan_violence_reflects_afghan_troops_progress_taliban_frustration.html http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2006/05/afghan_violence_reflects_afghan_troops_progress_taliban_frustration.html Thu, 25 May 2006 07:20:51 -0600