NotfooledbyW
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The point would be the Taliban have not seemed to have gotten the message they have lost the war in fact they seem more determined than ever to take back what they have lost.
Its not whether they have given up yet. Its how long they can recruit new fighters when they are not fighting against foreigners. They must ask recruits to kill Muslins. Three hundred thousand Muslims who are now serving in the government.
The Taliban are also at the moment losing more of its sanctuary across the border in North Waziristan, Pakistan:
ISLAMABAD (AP) The Pakistani army Sunday launched a long-awaited operation against foreign and local militants in a tribal region near the Afghan border, hours after jets pounded insurgent hideouts in the country's northwest, the army said.
The move effectively ends the government's policy of trying to negotiate with Pakistani Taliban militants instead of using force to end the years of fighting that has killed tens of thousands of civilians and security forces.
The North Waziristan tribal area, where the military said the operation is targeted, is one of the last areas in the tribal regions where the military has not launched a large operation. Militant groups including the Pakistani Taliban, al-Qaeda and the Haqqani network have long used the region as a base from which to attack both Pakistan and neighboring Afghanistan.
"Using North Waziristan as a base, these terrorists had waged a war against the state of Pakistan," military spokesman Gen. Asim Saleem Bajwa said in a press release announcing the operation.
Pakistan army launches offensive against militants
Pakistan army launches offensive against militants. Rebecca Santana and Asif Shahzad, Associated Press Jun 15, 2014
And this:
Bannu, Pakistan: A US drone strike on Wednesday killed least 18 people in a suspected militant compound in Pakistan's northwestern tribal belt, as the country's military wages a major offensive against insurgent hideouts.
The attack came in North Waziristan, where for the past month the Pakistani military has been fighting to wipe out longstanding bases of Taliban and other militants.
"A US drone fired two missiles targeting a militant compound in Zoi Saidgai area, killing at least 18 insurgents," a senior security official in Miranshah, the main town of North Waziristan, told AFP.
The official said there had been reports of militants moving to Zoi Saidgai from Miranshah and Mir Ali, the other main town in the area, after the start of the army operation.
Another security official said as many as 20 people may have been killed in the strike, 12 of them Uzbeks.
He said the attack took place around 2:00 am (2100 GMT) while an important meeting was going on in the compound.
In a statement issued to the media, the military claimed of killing 35 terrorists in separate incident of aerial strikes.
"Today early morning 35 fleeing terrorists were killed through aerial strikes in Shawal Valley," it said.
US Drone Strike Kills 18 in North Western Pakistan - NDTV
The Taliban are runnin' like rats. Some are shaving their beards and cutting their hair as they flee Pakistani troops and Obama's Hellfire's.