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To: tekboy who wrote (104101)	7/5/2003 8:44:09 AM
From: epicure	Read Replies (1) of 281500

Many people think we ARE bogged down in Afghanistan: Jane's Terrorism and Security Monitor reports: February 14, 2003 THE WAR in Afghanistan, once a success story for US-led coalition forces, appears to be becoming increasingly untenable. Hardly a day goes by without some skirmishes with the Taliban, their Al-Qaeda supporters and their Hezb-e-Islami allies. There has been a steady increase in the level of violence involving Afghan, as well as Pakistani, extremists. On 27 January, US and Afghan forces encountered one of the biggest concentrations of enemy forces since Operation Anaconda in eastern Afghanistan. Eighteen of around 80 militants were killed by air power. ........... You do realize how long we've been in Afghanistan, right? And it isn't looking like a brilliant success (unless you are able to define brilliant success in a rather interesting way). Our "success" with the Taliban appears to be anything but. Things may change, of course, but right now hrw.org Human Rights Watch, which has monitored conditions in Afghanistan throughout the military conflict, said the warlords are stepping into a power vacuum created when the U.S.-led military coalition failed to support the extension of the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) outside of Kabul. The mounting repression and lawlessness facing Afghan civilians are dashing hopes that the June 10-16 meeting of the loya jirga will have credibility in selecting the next government

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