"It is the Taliban and their al-Qaeda allies who bother people. They can do nothing because people hate them and they don't have the power to fight in a front so they carry out guerrilla attacks on government posts and aid workers," the governor said.
"We are chasing them and they will be finished soon."
The war in Afghanistan was planned incredibly well. We should have lost thousands, just like the Soviets and just like most other conquerors suffered over the milleniums.