U.S. Army Spc. Curtis Widel and fellow soldiers conduct a dismount patrol through the orchards of Takhunak near Forward Operating Base Lane in Zabul province, Afghanistan, March 11, 2009. U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Adam ManciniTaliban 1, Commandos 0 -- The Strategy Page
March 12, 2009: The Taliban won a largely unreported victory last month, when the local commander of commando operations in Afghanistan (the Joint Special Operations Command) ordered his troops to halt most of their raids for two weeks. Only operations going after the most senior Taliban and terrorist leaders were allowed. This was because the Afghan government, and the Taliban, have been making lots of noise in the news whenever civilians are killed by foreign troops. This despite the fact that most civilians are killed by the Taliban, and the Taliban regularly use civilians as human shields. Moreover, the number of civilians killed is at a record low, historically. All this, in most cases, is not considered newsworthy.
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