Afghanistan - Taleban "taking extraordinary casualties."

The BBC seem to have missed this.

Paratroopers have killed more than 700 Taliban fighters during fierce battles in southern Afghanistan, the Ministry of Defence confirmed yesterday.

For 10 weeks troops have been in engaged in daily gunfights for control of towns and villages under the sway of insurgent commanders.

And...

Although military chiefs estimated the Taliban strength to be around 1,000 when they arrived in May, they were yesterday reticent about claiming victory as battles are continuing and terrorist reinforcements arrived from Pakistan.

700 out of 1,000 killed in just 10 weeks!

And...

Despite the release of the figures, an MoD spokesman said the mission's purpose was providing security for reconstruction. However, he added: "Every time we meet the Taliban we are defeating them and they are taking extraordinary casualties."

Not quite the "resugent" Taleban the BBC keep telling us about, now is it?
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