http://www.nytimes.com/2012/04/16/world/asia/attacks-near-embassies-in-kabul.html?ref=terrorism
In this article is talks about how just yesterday the Taliban or a group within ( Haqqani network of the Taliban) Staged an attack on three eastern provinces. There was minimal death, but 16 of the terrorists were killed. They targeted high ranking government officials and foreign peoples. It was to such a high degree of threat the U.S almost had to send troops in, but strangely enough there was minimal attack from NATO. When asked why they attacked their reply was, "This is a message to those foreign commanders who claim that the Taliban lost momentum. We just showed that we are here and we will launch and stage attacks whenever we want."
In the article it also had said it had been 150 days since thier last attack and that was considered a long time. If that was considered the "norm" I would be in a constant state of terror, which I am sure these people are. I am glad though that the U.S decided not to intervene because with another intervention in afghan we would just be asking for war. Finally though in the article is said that attacks like this one is what encourage U.S troops to stay stationed there. So it seems strange to me that they wouldn't stop just long enough for us to leave, since they hate us so much.
I'm glad to see that NATO is still active in the area, and making sure that the provinces are safe. Even though only 16 terrorists were killed, it shows that we still have the man-power to launch attacks. I think the terrorists will never stop attack targets, as long as they're in the area.
ReplyDeleteSince terrorism is more of an idea than it is a group of people, I doubt we'll ever stop this problem. My guess is that the Taliban's power is diminishing along with their ability to continuously stage attacks against the U.S, and that this attack was more of just a reminder that they're still capable of doing this, just not as frequently and to as large of a degree as they used to be able to.
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