Afghanistan - Killing the Taleban

by the dozens.

For a change the AP gets some things right and report what's actually going on in Afghanistan.

The assault was part of Operation Mountain Thrust, an anti-Taliban offensive involving more than 10,000 U.S.-led troops.

That's an important point. Most reports from the left wing media portray recent vents as a "resurgence" of the Taleban who have regrouped and are stronger. The truth is coalition forces are now on the offensive to take over former Taleban strongholds. They're killing the Taleban in record numbers while coalition casualties are light. From the report:

More than 40 insurgents were killed Saturday...

On Monday,

The military said the operation killed 40 extremists...

On Wensday,

...Sangin and Wednesday's fighting in nearby Nawzad. At least 29 insurgents died in the two clashes.

And...

Afghan forces killed eight militants in Sangin on Thursday, the Defense Ministry said.

U.S.-led troops and Afghan soldiers also killed an estimated 31 insurgents in firefights Saturday in Uruzgan province's Chora district, said Lt. Col. Paul Fitzpatrick.

The total so far in the operation?

Widespread violence across southern Afghanistan has killed about 800 people, mostly militants, since May

While coalition casualties are very light.

And we continue to kill or capture the Taleban.

In other violence:

- Afghan and coalition soldiers killed two male "foreigners" wearing burqas - the body-shrouding veil worn by many Afghan women - and detained five Taliban in Uruzgan's Dihrawud district Friday, the Defense Ministry said. The foreigners' nationalities were not released. Soldiers confiscated an explosives-rigged vest and 16 roadside bombs.

- In Zabul, Afghan soldiers killed four militants Friday after they attacked their convoy, while a Taliban rocket-propelled grenade attack on a coalition supply convoy killed one bystander and wounded a truck driver, Afghan officials said.

Not quite what the BBC is reporting now is it?
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