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Curiously, the Taliban are running rampant, everywhere but where Coalition troops can see them. I wonder who is telling the truth? Is the Taliban Making a Comeback? – Time Hundreds of Taliban insurgents swarmed through a key district just outside the southern Afghan city of Kandahar on Monday, sending residents fleeing in anticipation of retaliation by NATO troops. This latest Taliban assault in the Argandab district caps several weeks of increased fighting in the country’s southern districts along the border with Pakistan, followed by a spectacular raid on a Kandahar prison, in which some 400 Taliban fighters were freed, according to officials. “My men have seen a few of the escaped Taliban prisoners among the fighters in Argandab,” says district chief Ghulam Farouq. Text of statement by Canadian officer on situation around Kandahar … Read entire article »