Current Hotspot : Afghanistan

Debmey

The rest of the world is banding together to fight these terrorists because these terrorists wanst to ruke the world.
Singapore has sold weapons to Indonesia and Phillipines to fight terrorists and the Ultimax and the 40mm auto launchers made a great difference there. Its no wonder the rebelllion ended in Acheh soon after TNI started using our weapons while the terrorists in Mindanao or put on the run nowadays.

IceMallet

"The rest of the arse-benders of the world is banding together to arse-bang each other because the Dubuk wants to rule the arse-benders and arse-bangers' world.
The Dubuk from Singapore has sold his arse to Indonesian and Phillipinos to enjoy foreigners' styles and the Dubuk's Ultimax and his 4 inch 'auto launchers' made a great difference there. Its no wonder the rebellion ended in Acheh soon after the Indons started using the Dubuk's derriere while the other arse-benders from the Lion City are put on the run nowadays"

ef/x

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programm...ama/6187660.stm

3 Commando: Hunting the Taleban



Alastair Leithead

Fighting the Taleban
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In the remote desert of southern Afghanistan, a struggle is intensifying between British troops and the forces of the Taleban.

Around 5,800 UK troops are stationed in Afghanistan, following the US-led invasion in October 2001, and so far more than 40 have been killed.

The majority of the deployment is in Helmand which is an area of major Taleban activity and opium production.

Amid battle scenes that have been described by one commander as the most intense "since the Korean War", the BBC's Alastair Leithead, award-winning cameraman Fred Scott and field producer Peter Emmerson spent nine days embedded with UK forces in southern Helmand province, facing the risk of ambush and attack.

During the trip, the BBC team gained unique, prolonged access to the soldiers of the Royal Marines 3 Commando Brigade as they fight a shifting and elusive Taleban threat.

#3 Commando: Hunting the Taleban will be streamed live here and broadcast on Sunday 3 December 2006 at 22:15 on BBC One.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programm...ama/6211092.stm

Download :

http://ia310915.us.archive.org/0/items/rw_crash/Panorama-3.Commando.Hunting.The.Taliban.avi (333MB,40:58,640x368,25fps@138kbps)

ef/x

I totaly recommend u all see the documentary...Sape dah d/l & tengok ?? Komen ?

ef/x

Taliban seize second district   
By  James Bays in Helmand

Nato has confirmed to Al Jazeera that the Taliban has seized a second district in Afghanistan's Helmand province.

Qari Yousef, a Taliban spokesman, told Al Jazeera on Tuesday that Taliban fighters were holding captive 33 police officers after taking over Washir - a remote desert area in the northwest of Helmand - the day before.

A spokeswoman for the Nato-led ISAF force told Al Jazeera: "I can confirm that Washir district centre is in the hands of the Taliban."

She said the town would be brought back under government control but declined to comment on any plans to do that.

Qari said the officers' police vehicles had been seized and distributed among Taliban fighters.

Afghan government forces had made an effort to retake the district centre but the attack was repulsed, he said.

Mullah Abdel Rahim, the Taliban commander in Helmand province, said: "It's not just Musa Qala and Washeer, we are in control of much of Helmand province. The people are with us. They give us food, they give us shelter."
Dada Mohammed Khan, the district's MP and former chief of intelligence, said: "The Taliban will now increase its force here and take over the rest of the province."

Exodus

In recent days, thousands of residents have fled from Musa Qala, a town in southern Afghanistan, while Taliban fighters who moved in last week consolidated their positions.

Haji Assadullah Wafa, the governor of Helmand province, told Reuters that a military operation to recapture Musa Qala would be launched soon.



"The Taliban are only in the town to create problems for the people," the governor said.

"They do not have the ability to seize an area and maintain their control over it."

British-led Nato troops withdrew from the town after striking a deal with local authorities and tribal elders in October.

The agreement meant that Nato troops and Taliban fighters were not supposed to come within 5km of the town centre, but a group of 200 Taliban disarmed the local police force, destroyed the district centre and temporarily held local elders hostage.

The Taliban made their move after accusing Nato of violating the deal during an air strike that killed the brother of Mullah Ghafour, a local Taliban leader.

Nato commanders and tribal elders have said that the attack was outside the area covered by the truce.

http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/2B5FFE5D-4330-4E11-A33D-32AE069468C6.htm

IceMallet

Apsal US dan NATO tak minta bantuan dari negara2 'Coalition of the Willing'? Ker depa tu dah tak willing lagik?

ef/x

Behind Taliban lines - aljazeera report



http://www.fileflyer.com/view/NlW6OBf


Taliban 'in control' in Helmand
By James Bays, Helmand province, Afghanistan

The Taliban say they operate unchallenged in many areas . Al Jazeera has uncovered evidence that Taliban fighters are now in effective control of large parts of a key province in southwest Afghanistan, despite recent claims by Nato that their bases had been destroyed.

James Bays spent three days with the Taliban in Helmand and found that the group is running schools and medical facilities, and is travelling armed and unchallenged by Nato-led forces. Here is his report.

Behind Taliban lines, we travelled with a group of fighters across the deserts of Helmand province.

These hardened men are well-armed, ready for battle - and they told me they are ready for martyrdom too.

The journeys are often at break-neck speed

powerwoot

Pasal afghan ni takder minyak semacam iraq, sebab tu le US buat tak tahu jer, jadik dia pass le sama Nato.

ef/x

Minyak tak de, tapi paip...

http://members.localnet.com/~jeflan/jfafghanpipe.htm

RainbowSix

Coalition of the Willing are just for moral support. Probably receive some form of financial support for it. NATO is in Afghanistan, so US can focus on Iraq.

Debmey

So what are you Msians doing to help the afghans against these taliban fanatics?

RainbowSix

We send Jedi Knights.

IceMallet

We can also send Akademi Fantasia 5 contestants over there and sing them to death

Debmey

and where are they? you fellas must have been halucinating again.

Debmey

By Ed Morrissey

The London Telegraph reports on a new tactical aggressiveness from American troops in Afghanistan which has the Taliban rocked back on its heels and unable to press forward with its expect spring offensive. The new tactics involve the heavy use of helicopter gunships and a merciless push to finish engagements. A senior Taliban commander has found exactly what that means (via Hot Air):

    Caught in the middle of the Helmand river, the fleeing Taliban were paddling their boat back to shore for dear life.

    Smoke from the ambush they had just sprung on American special forces still hung in the air, but their attention was fixed on the two helicopter gunships that had appeared above them as their leader, the tallest man in the group, struggled to pull what appeared to be a burqa over his head.

    As the boat reached the shore, Captain Larry Staley tilted the nose of the lead Apache gunship downwards into a dive. One of the men turned to face the helicopter and sank to his knees. Capt Staley's gunner pressed the trigger and the man disappeared in a cloud of smoke and dust.

    By the time the gunships had finished, 21 minutes later, military officials say 14 Taliban were confirmed dead, including one of their key commanders in Helmand.

    The mission is typical of a new, aggressive, approach adopted by American forces in southern Afghanistan and particularly in Helmand, where British troops last year bore the brunt of some of the heaviest fighting since the fall of the Taliban in 2001.

The Teleghraph includes a video presentation that should be seen as a companion to the article. In it, the narrator says that "the effect on the Taliban has been dramatic," and it certainly was in this case. The commander who died in this engagement was Mul;ah Najibullah, a commander in the original Taliban who eluded us in 2001. He had been an official in Mullah Omar's government in Afghanistan prior to getting ejected in the American invasion after 9/11.

American troops no longer break off engagements when Taliban guerillas start to flee. The British had been hard pressed in Helmand up to now, but as the Telegraph reports, they partly caused their own problems. British commanders had offered cease-fires in Helmand to allow for the Taliban to end the fighting and work with the Coalition, but all it did was to allow the Taliban to regroup and seize positions. The new American commander has put an end to all cease-fires, and has ordered constant pressure on the terrorists.

As a result, the Taliban have found it impossible to mount an offensive. They have tried raids and ambushes, but the superior firepower and the ability to get into the air makes ambushes a trap for the attackers. As this raid demonstrates, any gains made in raids last for moments, and the raiders and their commanders pay with their lives -- and gain nothing.

The reporter says that the success or failure of the Taliban depends on their response to the gunships. However, it goes deeper than that. The success or failure of the Taliban depends on the commitment to fight to the last on the part of the Coalition. Now that we have started to do that, the Taliban cannot possibly hope to dislodge American and British forces. One cannot be merciful to terrorists and hope to prevail, and the Coalition may finally have learned that lesson.

Debmey

By Ed Morrissey

The Taliban's offensive operations have ground to a halt due to a lack of mid-level commanders, and the loss of their highest-ranking military general has their troops despondent, the Telegraph reports. They had planned for a big push this spring to reverse their fortunes against the NATO coalition, but instead they have been set back on their heels with not much hope for future of their fight:

    The Taliban's much-vaunted spring offensive has stalled apparently due to lack of organisation after dozens of middle-ranking commanders were killed by British troops in the past year, according to military sources.

    The death last week of the key Taliban leader Mullah Dadullah at the hands of American special forces has harmed the Taliban's morale to the point that local commanders are having to tell their troops to "remain professional" despite the loss. ...

    A spring offensive was ordered by the Taliban leadership based in Quetta, Pakistan, and was meant to be launched in late March.

    But a lack of mid-level commanders has meant that there has been little co-ordination to bring about the offensive.

    "They are getting strategic guidance from Quetta but this is not translating on the ground," a military source said.

Even the most successful of the Taliban contingents has its share of problems. In Helmand, where the American commander of the NATO forces had to force a tactical change to hot pursuit, the Taliban have an "irreconcilable" force of about 1,000 -- but they include a significant number of outsiders and part-timers. NATO forces in that area have stopped the practice of allowing cease-fires with Taliban elements, which allowed the "irreconcilables" to garner their strength, and they now have the same problems as the rest of the Taliban.

The failure of the spring offensive will probably prove fatal to the aspirations of Mullah Omar to seize power. He has lost three of his four top lieutenants in the past five years since his expulsion, and he has not even come close to winning. Without Mullah Dadullah and field commanders like Mullah Najibullah, Omar has little skill left in the field and fewer Afghans fighting for his cause. The fact that his hopes now hinge on a force made up largely of foreign fighters and part-timers in Helmand shows that his movement has dissipated.

They're giving it one more try this summer, but if the NATO forces continue with their new, aggressive tactics, the Taliban and Omar will face a very long winter. At some point, and it appears almost at hand, his men will either abandon him or betray him as they finally figure out that the war is over, and they lost it -- badly.  Wednesday, May 23, 2007

jazim

Posting ni khas untuk semua perkara perkembangan ketenteraan/kepolisan serfta konflik bersenjata di rantau Timur Tengah, Afrika Utara dan Asia Tengah. Harap mereka yang berkenaan jika nak buat posting mengenai 3 wilayah ini, sila masuk ke sini...

yipun78

Pentagon chief asks Asia for help in Afghanistan By Kristin Roberts
Fri Jun 1, 9:52 PM ET

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SINGAPORE (Reuters) - U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates on Saturday called on Asian nations to give more aid to        Afghanistan and boost regional cooperation to counter threats from weapons proliferation and terrorism.


The Pentagon chief also warned that nuclear programs in Iran and North Korea pose a similar threat to Asia as they do to Europe, and that chaos in Iraq would embolden extremists throughout the world.

"The effect of chaos in either Central or Southwest Asia will not recognize national, continental or regional boundaries," he told Asian counterparts at the Shangri-La Dialogue security conference in Singapore.

Gates' message to Asian nations about cooperation and burden sharing was similar in substance to comments delivered to European partners earlier this year.

But his speech at the Shangri-La forum marked a dramatic shift in tone for the Pentagon, which under former Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld used the event to confront China and criticize Beijing for a lack of transparency on its military build-up.

Gates, in fact, made few references to China.

He said Washington was worried about the "opaqueness" of Beijing's military spending and modernization programs. He noted the Pentagon's recently released annual report on China's military power highlighted the areas of military enlargement and weapons development pursued by Beijing.

While cautioning that "distrust and secrecy can lead to miscalculation and unnecessary confrontation," Gates said the United States and China share interests in areas such as terrorism and energy security.

"As we gain experience in dealing with each other, relationships can be forged that will build trust over time," he said.

windof

While cautioning that "distrust and secrecy can lead to miscalculation and unnecessary confrontation," Gates said

Base on experience ler ni...dah terhantuk baru nak ternganga....  sendiri cari pasal, sendiri tanggung ler amerika ooii...

razhar

jgn le mesia g sana....mmg sah payah nak keluar..yg takut nya..askar dari asia ni jadi barisan depan pulak..askar2 U.S pulak duk jauh ke belakang...tapi PM dah buat sidang video dgn karzai tu....