Can Afghan Insurgents Be Defeated?

Photo: "Narcotics are like ammunition for the Taliban. If the production of narcotics ends, then the Taliban will end as well". Lt Gul Mohammed, Afghan National Police

Coalition Forces In Helmand Claim Insurgents Defeat -- BBC

In the Nad-e Ali district of Helmand province in Afghanistan, coalition forces are not declaring victory - but they are saying they have defeated the insurgents.

Remarks by the outgoing battalion commander, Lieutenant Colonel Colin Weir, of the 1st Battalion Royal Irish Regiment, are simply the most upbeat of a raft of recent statements emerging from the troubled Afghan province that suggest a corner has been turned.

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My Comment: Another example that proves the point that with enough troops on the ground (i.e. an adequate force to space ratio), the task to confront and defeat the enemy becomes easier. Unfortunately .... Afghanistan is a big country, and while coalition forces have been successful in this part of the region, the Taliban are free to roam in other areas.
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