"I want a dignified peace, a peace which will not reverse our achievements, a peace which will not allow a small terrorist group to dominate the political scene in Afghanistan," said Amrullah Saleh, who resigned Sunday as the chief of Afghanistan's intelligence service. Karzai's plans have caused divisions within his administration, with some worrying the president is too willing to grant concessions to the insurgents that would give them political influence. is skeptical whether peace can succeed until the Taliban are weakened on the battlefield. ![]() The leadership has so far publicly shunned the offer, and the U.S. Last week, the president won endorsement from a national conference for his plan to offer incentives to the militants to lay down their arms, and to seek talks with the Taliban leadership. The Taliban and their allies have periodically targeted such supplies to disrupt the flow of essential goods to Afghanistan based troops, in a concerted effort to weaken the presence of western alliance troops in landlocked Afghanistan, the birth place of al Qaeda and Taliban zealots.Īs fighting escalates, Karzai is reaching out to the insurgents in hopes of ending the war. Since the U.S.-led invasion of Afghanistan in 2002, up to half the fuel supplies and more than 60 per cent of other supplies used by US and other western troops in Afghanistan, have passed through Pakistan. and other NATO member countries to pursue alternative routes through the former Soviet republics of central Asia, considering a route which is much longer than the relatively shorter route through Pakistan. At least 7 people were killed and 5 were injured.ĭisrupting such supplies has forced the U.S. ![]() Separately Wednesday, Islamic militants in Pakistan's Punjab province and allied to the Taliban were the focus of investigation after an unprecedented midnight attack Tuesday, in which more than 50 trucks carrying supplies for western troops including US troops in Afghanistan, reports CBS News' Farhan Bokhari. troops died aboard a Special Forces MH-47 Chinook helicopter that was shot down by insurgents. Still, one of the heaviest single-day losses of life for allied forces in Afghanistan occurred on June 28, 2005, when 16 U.S. NATO aircraft have only rarely been hit in Afghanistan. ![]() While shoulder-fired grenades can be used against aircraft - helicopters are especially vulnerable when taking off or landing - they are designed only for short-range use and aiming them accurately is difficult. Attack helicopters and other aircraft have given NATO troops a big advantage over the insurgents, who are armed mostly with automatic rifles and rocket-propelled grenades.
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