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To: Box-By-The-Riviera™ who wrote (336945)	6/19/2007 8:32:56 AM
From: MythMan	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 436258

that guy still around? LOL

To: Box-By-The-Riviera™ who wrote (336945)	6/19/2007 10:48:20 AM
From: Broken_Clock	Respond to of 436258

I have decided we need a surge, ==== Taliban Fighters Seize South Afghan Area Jun 19 10:34 AM US/Eastern By NOOR KHAN Associated Press Writer KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (AP) - Days of fierce fighting with NATO and Afghan forces left Taliban militants in control of one southern Afghan district and battling to take over another Tuesday, officials said. Taliban fighters seized Miya Nishin district in Kandahar province late Monday, provincial police chief Esmatullah Alizai said. Authorities were planning to retake the remote area. In neighboring Uruzgan province's Chora district—home to more than 100,000 people—fighting continued between NATO and Afghan forces and militants who attacked police posts in the province's main town on Saturday. Some officials reported dozens of civilian casualties. "It has been a contested area for some number of months," NATO spokesman Maj. John Thomas said. "(The Taliban) are making an effort right now to establish control in that area," he said, predicting more fighting in coming days. "There's reason to believe that the situation on the ground is still unstable," he said. Precise casualty figures were not available but two Afghan officials said more than 100 people had been killed, including at least 16 police. A Dutch soldier also died, and three others were wounded. A group representing 94 foreign and Afghan aid agencies said that international and Afghan forces have killed at least 230 civilians this year, including 60 women and children. "Excessive use of force and abusive raids and searches are undermining support not just for foreign and Afghan militaries but those involved in humanitarian and development work," the Agency Coordinating Body for Afghan Relief said. In eastern Paktika province on Sunday, U.S.-led coalition warplanes targeted a compound that also contained a mosque and an Islamic school, resulting in the deaths of seven boys aged 10 to 16, the provincial governor said. The Interior Ministry said President Hamid Karzai had approved changes in police chiefs "to improve and maintain security" in six insurgency- wracked provinces: Helmand, Kandahar, Paktia, Zabul, Farah and Nuristan. The insurgent push in the south appears to be the biggest Taliban offensive of the year and marks a change in tactics. Until now, militants have relied largely on suicide and roadside bombings this year as NATO forces have escalated their operations to root them out. Violence has swelled, claiming about 2,400 lives during according to an Associated Press tally of figures from Western military and Afghan officials.