01/09/04: The Taliban were defeated?

Posted By: convenor


Then who keeps killing all these people (mind the space):

http://www.nytimes.com/2004/01/09/international/asia/09AFGH. html

Afghan Officials Blame Taliban in the Killing of 12 Civilians By CARLOTTA GALL

Published: January 9, 2004

KABUL, Afghanistan, Jan. 8 — The Taliban have returned to the offensive in southern Afghanistan with a string of attacks, Afghan officials said Thursday.

After something of a lull during the constitutional convention, or loya jirga, Taliban militants have killed at least 27 people in three days.

Twelve civilian men were tied up and executed on a remote mountain road in Helmand Province, west of Kandahar, on Tuesday night. The attack had all the hallmarks of Taliban militants, police and human rights officials said. On Thursday, two Afghan soldiers were wounded in a bomb blast at a military base in Kandahar.

The latest attacks also came two days after a double bomb blast that killed at least 15 people and wounded 55. Among the dead and wounded were many children who happened to be emerging from a nearby school. Officials immediately blamed the Taliban, citing intelligence reports warning that the Taliban were preparing a campaign of urban violence.

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Maybe Lil George should dress up like a fighter pilot again and strut around on a flight deck. Probably want to change the wording on any banners, though.


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