U.S. soldiers hand out pens to Afghan children during a site assessment at the Dowry Rud Check Dam in the Spin Boldak district of Kandahar province, Afghanistan, Jan. 21, 2012. The soldiers are assigned to the Kandahar Provincial Reconstruction Team security force and are deployed from the Rhode Island National Guard Company A, 1st Battalion of the 182nd Infantry Regiment. U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Sean Martin
Violence Spikes In Key Afghan Regions -- CNN
Attacks by the Taliban in southern and eastern Afghanistan have risen sharply in recent months, according to figures released by the U.S.-led coalition, a sign that the allied offensive against the insurgency is yet to blunt its potency.
The figures are in contrast to the broader trend of decreasing violence nationwide depicted by the NATO mission. That depiction is challenged by non-government organizations active in Afghanistan; Human Rights Watch describes 2011 as "the most violent year ever."
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My Comment: This news is very disquieting. Winter time is a time when Afghan fighting goes down because of the snow and harsh winter conditions. But ... it looks like this is the year that the old rules do not apply .... that is the year that the Taliban are going for broke. My prediction .... 2012 will be just as bloody as 2011, 2010, 2009, etc....
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