Afghan Officials: Taliban Capture Villages

Hundreds Of Fighers Swarm Towns Outside Kandahar; NATO Forces Deployed

(AP)  Hundreds of Taliban fighters took over several villages in southern Afghanistan on Monday just outside the region's largest city, and NATO and Afghan forces were redeploying to meet the threat, officials said.

Mohammad Farooq, the government leader in the Arghandab district of Kandahar province, said around 500 Taliban fighters moved into his district and took over several villages.

Arghandab lies just north of Kandahar city - the Taliban's former stronghold - and a tribal leader from the region warned that the militants could use the cover from Arghandab's grape and pomegranate orchards to mount an attack on Kandahar itself.

"All of Arghandab is made of orchards. The militants can easily hide and easily fight," said Haji Ikramullah Khan. "It's quite close to Kandahar. During the Russian war, the Russians didn't even occupy Arghandab, because when they fought here they suffered big casualties."

The push into Arghandab comes three days after a sophisticated Taliban attack on Kandahar's prison that freed hundreds of insurgent fighters being held there.

NATO spokesman Mark Laity said NATO and Afghan military officials were redeploying troops to the region to "meet any potential threats."

"It's fair to say that the jailbreak has put a lot of people (militants) into circulation who weren't there before, and so obviously you're going to respond to that potential threat," he said.

Two powerful anti-Taliban leaders from Arghandab have died in the last year, weakening the region's defenses. Mullah Naqib, the district's former leader, died of a heart attack last year. Taliban fighters moved into Arghandab en masse last October, two weeks after his death, but left within days after hundreds of security forces were deployed there.

A second leader, police commander Abdul Hakim Jan, died in a massive suicide bombing in Kandahar in February that killed more than 100 people.

Elsewhere in Afghanistan, Afghan and U.S.-led coalition forces killed 35 militants in two skirmishes in the south, the coalition said Monday.

Twenty militants were killed in Zabul province after they attacked a combined patrol with rockets, mortars and gunfire. The combined forces returned fire and called in airstrikes against the insurgents in the Sunday battle.

Fifteen militants were killed in the Sangin area of Helmand province Saturday after a group of men in a treeline fired on Afghan and coalition troops. Two hours of fighting ensued, and military aircraft were again called in.

More than 1,900 people have been killed in insurgent violence in Afghanistan this year, according to Afghan and Western officials.

[singingrick]

Looks like Bush should have finished the job in Afghanistan before he went into Iraq.

[petro49l]

Miss Bin Laden and his wife Zawahiri should wake up and smell the coffee. Their Taliban won''t survive a major battle with the Coalition. Those two transexuals should accept defeat. It makes better sense to be a grave monkey than fight against scientific technology.

[magoo2u1]

"Miss Bin Laden and his wife Zawahiri should wake up and smell the coffee. Their Taliban won''''''''t survive a major battle with the Coalition. Those two transexuals should accept defeat."

You right wing whackos are enough to make anybody sick. They aren''t Transexuals, they''re Shemales. Get it straight!

[mudrose-2009]

Looks like Bush should have finished the job in Afghanistan before he went into Iraq.

Posted by singingrick

Well President Anthony Kennedy would I''m sure give them all habeous corpus.

[sleepyric]

shoot the ba$stards in the back of the head next time you catch them..Geez,can''t you even keep them locked up??

[inventagod2]

''Mission Accomplished''?

I am having a serious case of Deja Caca...

I have seen this shiite before.

[soldat44]

Looks like Bush should have finished the job in Afghanistan before he went into Iraq.

Posted by singingrick

Well President Anthony Kennedy would I''''m sure give them all habeous corpus.

Posted by mudrose at 12:06 PM : Jun 16, 2008

What?

[hoseobama]

To all the far left -

Did any of you kooks notice it was the Afghan army moving to meet the threat ?

Crawl back under your rocks, oh ye who claim the sky is falling.

[hoseobama]

My solution to stopping those that would use a truck bomb to free the taliban prisoners held by Afghanistan:

Wire the whole prison with demolitions. If a bomb goes off anywhere near the prison - no more prisoners.

[singingrick]

Why are we spending 3 trillion in Iraq when the Taliban and Al Qaeda were never defeated in Afghanistan?

[hoseobama]

Why would it matter how much we spent, if we started tying the cost of a bushel of grain to a barrel of oil ?

[matter77]

The jailbreak was staged. The Taliban swallowed it hook, line and sinker. Idiots.

Following the Supreme Court decision, the Allies don''t want to keep all these animals behind bars anymore. Besides, it wastes money.

The way to get rid of them is allow them to escape, then when they regroup as part of a new insurgency, obliterate them on the battlefield.

[j-whitman]

hoseobama,,, Oil is now at $140.00 a barrel, You going to stop eating bread ??? In Egypt there is already bread riots.

Afhganistan needs trillions dumped into their economy, it would make more sense to legalize opium.

[hoseobama]

J-whitman - another one of those folks not playing with a full deck.

Could be from all that spinning he does.

Can''t keep his facts straight - thinks Obama will not talk with terrorists without pre-conditions.

Now, since he''s not in the habit of reading, he believes I''m from Egypt. Like I care about cost of food to Egypt. They can get their food from Their brethern.

oh yeah, and now he wants to legalize opium. Maybe he uses ?

[ajaxtheleast]

So they redeployed from where they were
origionally deployed and they were
origionally deployed there to do what?

Battle the Taliban? . .Possible?

So the Taliban that were facing this
origional deployment will do what? now that
they have no deployment to stop them from
doing what they were doing before that
origional deployment deployed?

leading to the question: Do we have enough
brains on the ground in Afghanistan?

[j-whitman]

hoseobama,,,, You are still stupid as ever --- This administration & every administration spends months on preparing for talks. Obama is no different, except for one thing :

McCain ignores his own sanctions against Iran for war profiteering. 5 of his current top campaign people talked & profiteered from Iran ignoring preconditions & anti terrorism sanctions.

[gotagrip]

Why are we spending 3 trillion in Iraq when the Taliban and Al Qaeda were never defeated in Afghanistan?

posted by singingrick

Simple, Bush has attention deficit disorder. Can''t finish one job before lying to start another. Matter of fact, how many of his campaign promises have been kept, even with a Republican congress for 4 years and a conservative court? Even Karzai just threatened to invade Pakistan to kill the Taliban and al Qaeda. Bush won''t deal with the issue even to get Bin Laden. Worst president EVER!!

[hoseobama]

j-whitman - you just proved every thing I called you in my previous post.

coupla cards shy ain''t ya boy !

Obama has said he will negotiate with out preconditions with Iran.

facts is facts. You and your party have backed a loser for the country.

But that doesn''t surprise me - the Democratic party always does. The only way they win the presidency is when the Republicans shoot themselves in the foot.

Dems never win on their own merit.

[j-whitman]

hoseobama,,,, Your facts are just McBush calling you STUPID again as usual

- Iraq is SNAFU from secuirty being in forced segreation of the populstion to no politcal reconciliation

In the Forgotten War McBush never mentions, the Taliban wintered over in the south instead of the mountains this administration still clames great success & has taken Kandahar & other vilages

[j-whitman]

hoseobama,,,, Like I said, it''s McBush calling you STUPID

If you bothere to read McBush''s 1974 essay on war you whould have seen it''s the Same as Bush''s from the teachings of Joseph Goebbels -

-- More propaganda to convince the counrry a Bad Foreign Policy is a Good Foreign policy worth losing wars over.

[hermitdave]

If this keeps up it will throw the Afghan Drug Lords into a panic. They must now be calling George to remind him that Osama and those evil Tally-Band guys tried to close down the poppy growers. This is serious stuff and George is off on a junket visiting fellow rich people.

[hoseobama]

j-whitman - You clearly can''t think for yourself.

Another proud Obama supporter. He seems to attract your type.

[hoseobama]

McBush - who is that j-whitman. Are you stupid ?

[j-whitman]

hoseobama,,,, Can you say "Target Practice" ??

Arab Dubai is buying 3 skyscrapers in NYC, including the old American Landmark the Chrysler Building.

Arabs still won''t denounce wanting the destruction of Israel.

[j-whitman]

hoseobama,,,, McBush''s top 5 members of his campaign staff & advisors ignored the preconditions of sanctions against Iran - For Profit

[hoseobama]

j-whitman - the Japanese bought Pebble Beach Golf course, then sold it 2 years later at a huge loss.

I still say - let''s charge them $140 a bushel for grain.

Can''t eat oil.

So when are yo going to quit crying about the cost of oil ? Your party is primarily responsible for stopping oil exploration and removal in the US.

Don''t you understand cause and effect ?

Or is this McCain calling me stupid again ?

I''ve got a spare deck if you need a few cards there dude.

[jon_jon_bon]

bush should have finnished business in AFghanistan before moving to Iraq!

There are taliban growing everyday stronger with helps from pakistan ISI.

[j-whitman]

hoseobama --- Do you understand cause & effect ????

Global instability, loss of strategic assets, spirialing inflation, weakening dollar, loss of soy & corn crops in the Mid West, adds to more national security problems

[hoseobama]

j-whitman - who is McBush ?

Obama''s VP selection committee took 7 million in loans from a bank while he was the head of Fannie Mae.

Obama had to be SHAMED into disowning his 20 year clergyman that GDs America.

Obama served on a board of trustees with an unrepentant Weatherman that bombed the Pentagon - don''t you support the troops ?

Obama''s own wife has hurt mhis chances more than helped.

MLK is rolling over in his grave about yor party''s ideas of what his dream was about.

Your whole party seems to do nothing but attract people like yorself - and I don''t EVEN want to go there, so don''t force me.

[j-whitman]

hoseobama,,, Pebble Beach ??? I don''t play sissy golf, it''s a girls sport

[joecoolswat]

bush should have finnished business in AFghanistan before moving to Iraq!
jon_jon_bon

AlQaeda was virtually destroyed in Afghanistan when we move most of the troops out....How long should we stay in a country, lib? HOW LONG !!!!!...long enough for you sissy libs to start saying "why are we still in Afghanistan"...."look how long the war is taking"...."when are the troops comming home"......are you completely oblivious to the fact that a poor mountainous country like Afgh, is prone to re-surgence of terrorist activities, as is the case in Somalia, and Yemen?....No, you want to spew your Bush-Hating talking points, which have no basis except to further your Democrat efforts to use America''s suffering for your own selfish political gain!!!

[mcvet]

Obama''''s VP selection committee took 7 million in loans from a bank while he was the head of Fannie Mae.

Obama had to be SHAMED into disowning his 20 year clergyman that GDs America.

Obama served on a board of trustees with an unrepentant Weatherman that bombed the Pentagon - don''''t you support the troops ?

Obama''''s own wife has hurt mhis chances more than helped.

MLK is rolling over in his grave about yor party''''s ideas of what his dream was about.

Your whole party seems to do nothing but attract people like yorself - and I don''''t EVEN want to go there, so don''''t force me.


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Posted by hoseobama at 01:47 PM : Jun 16, 2008
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UNBELIEVABLE!! The TALIBAN, another of Bush/McSame''s COMPLETE and ABSOLUTE failures is the Issue and this POOR fascist, knowing he has no argument, tries to shift to ANOTHER subject!! It must be rough on you Fascist these days huh?? ROFLMAO Now stand! Let the Fuhrer know you''re out here giving it the old try!! Ready?? SIEG HEIL BUSH! SIEG HEIL McSAME!! Honest Sparky THIS is just PLAIN stupid... do you HONESTLY think ANYONE is going to buy this?? Hummmm??? ROFLMAO

[j-whitman]

Weatherman that bombed the Pentagon - don''''t you support the troops ? ----- The Weathermen ?????

Do I support the troops ??? I''m retired navy of course I do, my son in law is an active duty career Marine.

You still have no idea how to or what supporting the troops entail. --

-- It''s far more than a Bumper Sticker Slogan,, It includes not leading into wars of Agression, unecessary Wars of Choice. We lost 4 Marines the other day as a direct result of Bush & McCain''s War of Choice in Iraq.

[hoseobama]

MCVet - everything is UNBELIEVABLE to you, unless it comes from Obama''s lips.

[j-whitman]

Supporting our Troops entails providing resources for them when they return which McCain opposes.

[andor3]

"Obama has said he will negotiate with out preconditions with Iran."

exactly. in other words talk with them. the way you work out conflicts is talk with people. communicate. seek to understand. it is negotiation 101. The reason to object to open communication is you really do not want to end the conflict--maybe, like Bush, McCain and Co, you are profiting from the conflict.

President Obama will take care of this.

[mcvet]

AlQaeda was virtually destroyed in Afghanistan when we move most of the troops out....How long should we stay in a country, lib? HOW LONG !!!!!...long enough for you sissy libs to start saying "why are we still in Afghanistan"...."look how long the war is taking"...."when are the troops comming home"......are you completely oblivious to the fact that a poor mountainous country like Afgh, is prone to re-surgence of terrorist activities, as is the case in Somalia, and Yemen?....No, you want to spew your Bush-Hating talking points, which have no basis except to further your Democrat efforts to use America''''s suffering for your own selfish political gain!!!


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Posted by JoeCoolSwat at 01:49 PM : Jun 16, 2008
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Now Joe, you Old Nazi you, you can''t hold that swastika tight enough to make "Lib''s" responsible for the INCOMPETENCE of George Bush!! As an NCO in the Marine Corps I was taught to NEVER EVER leave the enemy alive on the battle field. I know you are trying as hard as your very limited abilities allow in an effort to make this come out chicken Salad but Sparky... it''s still the same tired old smell... READY?? Sing it out!! SIEG HEIL BUSH!! By the way it''s called getting your butt whooped!! You know letting the enemy COMPLETELY rebuild while YOU fight ANOTHER enemy on ANOTHER front!! Again!! SIEG HEIL McSAME!!

[jon_jon_bon]

@JoeCoolSwat

no it was not distroyed.
those who fighted at begining of war just left and hide in their families. now they are back. because taliban pay them good money.

[hoseobama]

Weatherman that bombed the Pentagon - don''''''''t you support the troops ? ----- The Weathermen ?????

Do I support the troops ??? I''''m retired navy of course I do, my son in law is an active duty career Marine.


I''m not talking about your past j-whitman, or the point that your in-law is a Marine.

I''m saying Obama associates with Weathermen - look it up - and yet you fool yourself into believing he is supporting the troops.

Hey, you don''t work on a Charity''s board of trustees and not know the other member''s past. Obama is calling you STUPID. or, is that, Obama is calling you, STUPID.

[mcvet]

"Obama has said he will negotiate with out preconditions with Iran."

exactly. in other words talk with them. the way you work out conflicts is talk with people. communicate. seek to understand. it is negotiation 101. The reason to object to open communication is you really do not want to end the conflict--maybe, like Bush, McCain and Co, you are profiting from the conflict.

President Obama will take care of this.


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Posted by andor3 at 01:56 PM : Jun 16, 2008
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LOL I know! It simply AMAZES me! People who live in and are the PRODUCT of NEGOTIATIONS can''t figure it out! They THINK they can just bully people into their way of doing things and all it''s gotten US is grief and bankruptcy. Sieg Heil Bush

[hoseobama]

"hoseobama,,, Pebble Beach ??? I don''''t play sissy golf, it''''s a girls sport - Posted by j-whitman

Then the economics of the statement went right over your head huh.

Would a 10 of spades help ?

[j-whitman]

hoseobama,,,, How ignorant can you be ?? Obviously very ignorant -- Swift boating with lies aren''t honorable, you show the world the ugly side of America & put our Troops in greater peril.

[j-whitman]

hoseobama,,,, An ace of spades on your forhead would help.

[joecoolswat]

Obama.....swift boats ahoy for you !!! matey

Too bad the swift boat veterans against John Kerry were factual and not lies

[j-whitman]

JoeCoolSwat,,,, Too bad John Kerry didn''t fight the Swift Boat attacks ---

-- An unecessary war in Iraq would have been prevented & 4,099 American troops would have been alive to take the fight to the real war, the forgotten one in Afhganistan.

-- We could have protected our National Security & not lost foreign security assets

[hoseobama]

j-whitman - sorry boy, I''m playing with a full deck, and I''m ignoring your reference to Vietnam. You seem to be stuck in that SDS rally of the 70s.

So, next time you think about Obama, reject his idea of killing the Defense bills ok.

[mcvet]

Posted by corey2444 at 02:09 PM : Jun 16, 2008
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Yeah I know!! It''s really rough on you Nazi''s these days huh?? ROFLMAO Hey maybe you should just think about crawling back under your rock EARLY... YOU know avoid the rush?? ROFLMAO Ready! Come on you know you love it!! SIEG HEIL McSAME!! Awwhhhh Now doesn''t that bring back the spirit of Old JOE??? ROFLMAO

[j-whitman]

hoseobama,,, In the 70''s I was arming torpedo''s & nuclear misslies & preparing them for launch to defend our national security ----- What where you doing ????

[mcvet]

Then the economics of the statement went right over your head huh.

Would a 10 of spades help ?


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Posted by hoseobama at 02:01 PM : Jun 16, 2008
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Now folks THIS is a Swastika Hugger who has bought the SAME tired OLD lie now THREE Elections in a ROW!! Going to Cut Taxes, Cut Spending and Balance the Budget huh?? ROFLMAO Anyone who would buy that line for the FOURTH time shouldn''t be talking economics about ANYTHING!! ROFLMAO In fact you should be in a padded ROOM!! ROFLMAO Sieg Heil Bush!!

[darnedsocks]

NOTHING IS GOING TO CHANGE, BECAUSE THEY ARE MUSLIMS. UNTIL THEIR THOUGHT PROCESSES CHANGE TO A CHRISTIAN-MINDED MENTALITY, THEY WILL ALWAYS BE BARBARIC AND CLASH WITH DEMOCRACY.