Afghan men welcome the translator of ISAF soldiers with the German Federal Armed Forces (Bundeswehr) as they arrive Saturday for a patrol the mountain villages in the outskirts of Feyzabad, northern Afghanistan. (Associated Press)From The Washington Times:
KABUL, Afghanistan | A top U.S. general said he expects militant violence in Afghanistan to rise some 30 percent this winter compared with last year, but does not think insurgents have the ability to mount a massive campaign during the country's harsh weather.
Maj. Gen. Jeffrey J. Schloesser said the U.S. will attack militant cells in areas of Afghanistan where U.S. forces in some cases haven't operated before but where officials now realize "the enemy is seeking to remain as a rest and facilitation area in the winter."
Winter has traditionally been seen as a down time for fighting in Afghanistan, but Gen. Schloesser said offensive operations by U.S. troops this year could dispel that notion.
U.S. troops will "take advantage of our mobility and capacity to operate in the snow and to be able to find the enemy," he told the Associated Press on Thursday.
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My Comment: Tafhe General is trying to paint a positive picture .... but a 30% increase in violence in one year is not something to crow about. Nato and their Afghan allies are losing this war.
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