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A secret US military report says the Taliban, backed by Pakistan, are preparing to retake control of Afghanistan after Nato-led forces withdraw from the country.
The report, The State of the Taliban 2012, is the latest of a series drawn up by a US special operations taskforce on the basis of interrogations with 4,000 suspected Taliban and al-Qaida detainees.
The report also quotes a senior al-Qaida detainee as saying: "Pakistan knows everything. They control everything."[expletive
Will the revival and return of the Taliban spark an Islamist revolution in Pakistan??
Originally posted by insaan
reply to post by andy1972
"US is still torturing people to make them say what US wants to hear", that's all that I picked up from this story. The rest of the story is merely what US wants to hear, and we hear that all the time.
Originally posted by scobro
Well well!
That turned out to be a huge waste of time,money and human life now,didnt it?
Originally posted by sk0rpi0n
reply to post by andy1972
The revival and return of the Taliban simply means Afghanistan goes back to what it was when the war first started in 2001.
-from Wiki
Opium production in Afghanistan has been on the rise since U.S. occupation started in 2001. Based on UNODC data, there has been more opium poppy cultivation in each of the past four growing seasons (2004–2007) than in any one year during Taliban rule. Also, more land is now used for opium in Afghanistan than for coca cultivation in Latin America. In 2007, 92% of the non-pharmaceutical-grade opiates on the world market originated in Afghanistan.[2] This amounts to an export value of about $4 billion
Originally posted by scobro
Well well!
That turned out to be a huge waste of time,money and human life now,didnt it?