THE US air force intends to attack the Taliban's front line north of Kabul before sending airborne troops to secure the large former Soviet base at Bagram.
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Offensive needs to start before winter

A British S-A-S veteran, who trained the Afghani Mujahideen to fight the Russians in the 1980s, says it will be a race against time to launch any effective operation in northern Afghanistan. Winter will set in within weeks .. and Tom Carew says that that's when the rugged countryside becomes impassable. He also says that military action on the ground will be doomed unless it is small, targetted and with the support of local Afghans.
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Pompous twaddle from the Family of Freedom

If you thought the Taliban were monsters, just wait until you meet the West's new friends, writes Christopher Kremmer.
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