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On the Pakistani border

July 13, 2008 - 2:56 pm - by Richard Fernandez
Cannoneer No. 4
2008-07-13 18:54:18

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Taliban launch deadly attack on a combat outpost in Afghanistan’s Kunar province

Today’s attacks plays directly into al Qaeda and the Taliban’s propaganda and military strategy. The Taliban have launched a series of assaults on US and Afghan bases and patrol and government centers throughout the eastern regions of Afghanistan that border Pakistan’s tribal areas. The extremists hope to destabilize the Afghan government and overrun an outpost or district center as a show of strength.