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Afghan insurgent attacks dip for first time: Petraeus | Reuters
This is very good news to read about to say the least.
(Reuters) - Insurgent attacks against Afghan and NATO forces in Afghanistan have started to decline on an annual basis for the first time in up to five years, defying predictions by intelligence analysts, General David Petraeus said on Saturday.
The number of insurgent attacks is one of the key measures used by the military to assess the success or failure of the nearly decade-old war in Afghanistan, the focus of a massive U.S. troop buildup which will start to come home this month.
Petraeus, who is due to step down as the top commander in Afghanistan in mid-July, said the number of attacks declined in May and June by "a few percent," compared to the same months in 2010. July is trending in the same direction, he said.
That compares to intelligence estimates that had predicted insurgent attacks to spike up by 18 to 30 percent this year over last Year.
This is very good news to read about to say the least.