Offensive 'Cobra Anger' Launched in Southern Afghanistan
Dec. 04, 09 (Hamsayeh.Net) - Days after Barack Obama’s announcement on sending additional troops to Afghanistan, about 1000 US, multinational and Afghan troops joined forces to launch an offensive against the Taliban in southern parts of Afghanistan.
The region called Nowzad Valley in Helmand province was the scene of the latest offensive dubbed ‘Cobra Anger’. The US and multinational forces believe the region around Nowzad is where the Taliban receive most of their supplies, and for this reason they are trying to cut-off the supply lines.
Military analysts find the notion of supply lines for the Taliban a bizarre concept since Taliban use mule transportation through mountainous passages which are scattered all over southern Afghanistan and that's how they get their needed supplies. Moreover, Taliban is not a regular army, which need to dig trenches, build bases or even route out supply lines in the traditional sense.
Analysts then ponder, whether the offensive ‘Cobra Anger’ is just a campaign to boost troops’ self-confidence or rather it is to demonstrate the US and multinational forces are doing what they are suppose to be doing for all the money they receive from their respective governments.
It is a fact that Taliban didn’t lose any of their supply lines when 100,000 troops from former Soviet Union fought them nearly eight years using latest weaponry. How is it that they should give up those today?
The US may be trying to send a clear message to the Taliban as to what they should expect in the coming days. On Tuesday US President Barack Obama said that by sending 30,000 more troops to Afghanistan he plans to increase military offensives against the Taliban.
Right now, there are about 100,000 troops from 43 countries involved in multinational operations inside Afghanistan.
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