لراوبر ویب پاڼه لراوبر يو افغان – تازه خبرونه
Taliban fighters more than doubled the number of homemade bombs they used against U.S. and NATO forces in Afghanistan last year, the Washington Post reports. The embrace of a low-tech approach by the Taliban to building IEDs has stymied a $17 billion U.S. counteroffensive against the devices, the Post says. Electronic scanners or jammers can detect only bombs with metal parts or circuitry. Last month, 721 IEDs blew up or were defused in Afghanistan, slowing a major Marine-led offensive in Helmand province and killing 28 U.S. and allied troops. These bombs are the leading cause of U.S. casualties by a large margin.
Tribal elders say the Taliban rule the night in Marjah, the New York Times reports. “After dark the city is like the kingdom of the Taliban,” said a tribal elder living in Marja. “The government and international forces cannot defend anyone even one kilometer from their bases.” Journalists have still not been allowed to visit Marja independently, the NYT says; they must be embedded with the US military. [Just Foreign Policy, March 18, 2010]
