Is An Uprising Against The Taliban In Afghanistan Occurring?

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Taliban Targeted By Local Uprisings -- Wall Street Journal

ANDAR, Afghanistan—The paved road to this district is controlled by government troops. The alternate route, a dirt track, is under Taliban sway. Both ways are perilous for the local villagers who have taken up arms in the first of several anti-Taliban uprisings spreading in Afghanistan.

Two of these Andar rebels, escorting a reporter to their stronghold on a recent day, were stopped by jumpy Afghan soldiers, who cocked their American-furnished M-16s and briefly seized the villagers' weapons. The fighters were allowed to proceed only after long negotiations.



My Comment: This is just a small uprising with limited resources, men, and weapons. But .... it should serve as a warning to the Taliban that after decades of war Afghanistan is now a different place .... and that subjugating it as they were able to do in the mid-1990s is probably no longer possible.

It would seem to me that, if this is true, the best US policy would be to arm and support such groups as we did the Mujaheddin and Taliban to fight against Russia. Turns the tables on 'em.


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Prince Harry bags his first Taliban chief...
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Prince Harry 'kills Taliban chief', The Sun reports
December 24, 2012 - IN what is likely to change his reputation as a Playboy Prince, Harry has allegedly killed his first Taliban commander in Afghanistan.
The 28-year-old gunship co-pilot unleashed a missile strike to eliminate the terrorist leader in late October, The Sun reports. Harry has proved to be very popular among his comrades in Helmand, Afghanistan, and has been given the nickname Big H. A defence insider told The Sun: "Big H is a legend. We were on patrol and the Apache helicopters were called in. We heard this posh voice come over the radio and knew it was Big H. They were tracking a Taliban leader - he was commander level. "The Apache then let off some Hellfire missiles and its 30mm cannon and 'boom'. It was Big H all the way." The Royal is a front seat co-pilot, which means he is the mission controller and operates the craft's main weapons. The Apache pilot sits in the back seat under the command of the mission controller and is tasked with manoeuvering the craft. Apaches, also called "mosquitoes" because of their unique sound, are among the world's most sophisticated and deadly helicopters and have terrorised the Taliban for the last five years, The Sun reports.

Harry is on tour in Helmand and has been flying daily combat missions helping "troops in contact", the code given when ground forces are engaged by enemy fighters. "He's like a normal squaddie," the source told The Sun. "All the guys in Afghan have so much respect for him and love him. "Big H is a legend, he's been out in Afghan and he's doing the business. All the guys love him - he's Big H. He likes a drink and a laugh and he's one of the lads." However, news of the strike reveals the danger Harry is in on the front line. Prince Charles recently spoke of his anxiety for his son at The Sun's Military Awards. Charles, 64, said: "The younger one is at this moment in Afghanistan. Fortunately, he rings me every now and then. "And from time to time I've even persuaded him to write me a letter. "Because, I keep saying, if you write me a letter and not just an email or a text or something, in 30 years' time or 40 years' time that will be interesting history."

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Captain Prince Harry of Wales as he prepares his Apache helicopter to go out on a mission in El Centro, California in undated photo issued by British Ministry of Defence.

Prince Charles said: "I just make this point because I really do understand the worry of service families when their loved ones are away serving in somewhere like Afghanistan. It's almost easier for those serving away than for those left behind because you worry all the time. "So I do appreciate the extraordinary resilience and the unbelievable support provided by the families back here who encourage and remind their loved ones that they are there for them, despite what they are having to put up with."

Harry's recent tour of duty is the second undertaken by the prince in Helmand. Harry secretly served 77 days on the front line between 2007 and 2008 before switching to choppers. In 2011 he passed the gruelling Apache fliers' course and was deployed in September. After 18 months of rigorous training, Harry was also crowned his class's Top Gun pilot in February. Harry is the first Royal to serve in a war zone since his uncle, Prince Andrew, Duke of York, who served for more than 20 years as a Royal Naval officer and flew as a second pilot in Sea King helicopters in the 1982 Falklands War. Andrew and Charles' father, Prince Philip, was in the Royal Navy during the Second World War and the Queen, then 18, also served in uniform during World War Two.

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Waltky,

I noted a whole lot of posts about this on the blogosphere and most military blogs indicated displeasure with this. This occurred in October and was kept quiet for a purpose - trying to keep Prince Harry from being a high-value target even more so than he is now!!!!!

He, like thousands of others, is only doing what he signed-up and trained for.

It is tradition for male royals in Britain to serve in the military. However, Captain Wales is the FIRST to ever serve in actual combat, especially as he's second-in-line to the throne. I think it will give him insights no other royals have had in centuries.
 
We can't beat the Taliban. We should just go home. Then nuke the place.
 
long wrote: It is tradition for male royals in Britain to serve in the military. However, Captain Wales is the FIRST to ever serve in actual combat, especially as he's second-in-line to the throne. I think it will give him insights no other royals have had in centuries.

If he doesn't get fragged first.
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long wrote: It is tradition for male royals in Britain to serve in the military. However, Captain Wales is the FIRST to ever serve in actual combat, especially as he's second-in-line to the throne. I think it will give him insights no other royals have had in centuries.

If he doesn't get fragged first.
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Ya, he was in battle, probably ferrying hot dog buns or sumthin'. :D
 

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