Photo: Maj. Gen. Richard Mills addressing a change-of-command ceremony at Camp Pendleton. Credit: Marine Cpl. Zachary Nola.General: Taliban 'Beaten' By Surge -- USA Today
Coalition forces in Afghanistan have beaten the insurgency in an important stronghold of Taliban fighters, though pockets of resistance remain, a U.S. commander said Monday in an interview with USA TODAY.
"This is really the heart of the insurgency," Marine Maj. Gen. Richard Mills said of Helmand province in southern Afghanistan. "I believe they have been beaten."
The province is among the first targets of a surge of 30,000 U.S. servicemembers ordered into Afghanistan by President Obama in December 2009. The first Marines associated with the surge began arriving in the province shortly afterward.
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My Comment: The General is counting his chickens before they are hatched. The Taliban are not defeated .... far from it .... if anything, most are worried that the Afghan war is now entering a very dangerous phase.
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