According to the new head of NATO operations in Southern Afghanistan, they
are going to use classic British anti-insurgency methods (interview on BBC
World Service, Sunday). We are told that the security forces withdraw
into their bases at night, leaving the Taliban in control and able to demand
food from villagers. One of the British methods, in the Malay situation,
was to set up enclosed area for the population. I don't know how well this
would go down in Afghanistan.
The other obvious point is that this is all happening four and a half years too late.
Update:
BBC report,
today (9 Jun) - 'British soldiers involved in a six-hour battle in southern
Afghanistan last Sunday killed many more Taleban fighters than first reported.'
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