MY OPINION: The Taliban are dying out and they know it.
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An FYI Link of Interest...
http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/2004/02/000961print.html JIHAD WATCH.org:
February 23, 2004
"Taliban claim responsibility for fatal attack on American reconstruction team"
ARTICLE SNIPPET: "The Taliban is attempting to keep the jihad alive in Afghanistan by murdering construction workers. The focus on non-combatants accord with the provisions of Islamic law that forbid killing them unless they are considered to be aiding the war effort. This is used to justify bombings on buses in Israel, and by Osama for his attacks in the U.S. From the Guardian:"
I agree! I said about a week or so ago that the 'offshoots' of AlQ and/or little dissident groups are what we would have to worry about, the 'free agents' of terrorism...cause for concern