Pentagon: Taliban Growing Stronger

**Binyamine** · 05-10-2010

Peace Mercy And Blessing of Allah be upon all of us.

A Pentagon report presents a sobering new assessment of the Taliban-led insurgency in Afghanistan, saying that its abilities are expanding and its operations are increasing in sophistication, despite recent major offensives by U.S. forces in the militants' heartland.

The report concludes that Afghan people support or are sympathetic to the insurgency in 92 of 121 districts identified by the U.S. military as key terrain for stabilizing the country. Popular support for Karzai's government is strong in only 29 of those districts.

Site:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0x4AJ...ayer_embedded#

[YOUTUBE]0x4AJVsVYZY&feature=player_embedded#[/YOUTUBE]

<object width="480" height="385"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/0x4AJVsVYZY&hl=en_US&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/0x4AJVsVYZY&hl=en_US&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="480" height="385"></embed></object>

**Ummu Sufyaan** · 05-14-2010

they just trying to justify staying longer in Afghanistan.

the Taliban has always been a threat to the US/coalition invasion (thats why they are still there). this is simply a ploy to deceive the thousands to, as i said, justify a longer stay.

**aadil77** · 05-14-2010

Originally Posted by Ummu Sufyaan

they just trying to justify staying longer in Afghanistan.

the Taliban has always been a threat to the US/coalition invasion (thats why they are still there). this is simply a ploy to deceive the thousands to, as i said, justify a longer stay.

maybe, but mostly they've been doing the opposite, they want to show they have the taliban under control and are progressing