Kabul Expects New Taliban Onslaught Before Winter: Minister -- Yahoo News/AFPWASHINGTON (AFP) - Taliban forces will likely stage a new wave of attacks in Afghanistan before winter sets in, the country's defense minister said as he renewed calls for a joint US-Afghan-Pakistan border force.
"I believe we have experienced the worst of this year's fighting" but "we should expect one more enemy effort before winter," Defense Minister Abdul Rahim Wardak said during a visit to the Heritage Foundation think tank in Washington.
"There are more foreign fighters and Taliban in Afghanistan than in any time in the past few years and they are operating in more provinces than before," Wardak said.
"We are now combating a much stronger and more sophisticated enemy," he said, citing "elaborate preparation, access to better training, plenty of resources and equipment, new tactics, sophisticated planning" displayed by the Taliban.
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My Comment: The minister does not say where this "onslaught" will occur, but I must assume it will either be a NATO FOB site, Khandahar, or even Kabul itself.
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