As US Forces Make Plans To Leave Afghanistan, Taliban Attacks Surge

U.S. Army Pfc. Trillis calls in a description of a person of interest to headquarters during Operation Moose Kill II in Qalat, Afghanistan, Oct. 22, 2011. Trillis is assigned to Company C, 1st Battaltion, 24 Infantry Regiment. Afghanistan police partnered with Company C soldiers to search the villages of Musa Khely and Nowrak to disrupt a recent string of improvised bomb attacks. U.S. Army photo by Sgt. 1st Class James Fidel

As Obama Cuts And Runs, Taliban Attacks Surge -- IBD Editorial

War On Terror: Have the president's swift military pullouts from Afghanistan and Iraq served U.S. interests? All we see is a "surge" on U.S. targets by our enemies, while our secretary of state pleads with them not to meddle.

Pakistani-backed Taliban fighters on Saturday set off a 1,500-pound bomb on an armored vehicle full of American troops and allies, killing 18. It was their biggest armed attack on a U.S. target since they downed a helicopter carrying elite SEALs shortly after the unit took out Osama bin Laden. It was also the biggest attack ever against a U.S. target within the perimeters of Kabul.

Three other attacks on allied targets — one on an Australian unit in the south, one a suicide attack on an Afghan unit and another on a United Nations aid office in Kandahar have followed, taking even more casualties.

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My Comment: Taliban attacks have been increasing since the killing of Osama Bin laden in May .... are Taliban attacks correlated with his death? U.S. forces are withdrawing .... are Taliban attacks correlated with that? Bottom line .... I do not think the Taliban care. The sad fact is that more and more Afghans are now starting to turn against the U.S./NATO presence in the country .... hence the increase in attacks.