I believe in the back of my military mind that we are at a critical point in the war in Afghanistan. As a matter of fact we are at the most critical place possible. I am a tactician of sorts and I believe that I am right. There has been heavy fighting in the Kandahar Province as we continue to fight the insurgents in that part of Afghanistan. They don’t want to give up that part of the country to our control and we are obligated to the Afghan people to take it and get it under Afghan control. The outcome of this battle is crucial.
The latest news from the region is that Afghan forces have conducted a raid which resulted in the deaths of at least twenty of the Haqqani Taliban members. The Afghans conducted the assault in an area in which the Taliban forces were well entrenched in fortified positions. Both sides are deadly serious and the consequences are deadly also.
The good thing about this raid is that it was conducted by the Afghan Army with US forces backing them up. This indicates to me that the Afghan forces are improving in their ability to take control of their country and hopefully to remain in control once our military ring customers leave. Our military ring customers in all branches of service are no doubt the best trained in the world and if anyone can help the Afghans to become proficient enough to secure their country our troops can.
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