Looks like the NA are doing a superb job with the help of the US boys co-ordinating the air strikes.
The Taliban are virtually deafeated.

Looks like the NA are doing a superb job with the help of the US boys co-ordinating the air strikes. The Taliban are virtually deafeated.

This is starting to be too easy.. Hope the country isn't booby-trapped.

I just wish I could ask these stupid reporters one question:

How do you defend a piece of territory by standing in one place and catching 500 pounders????????

the other side of the story

Too easy --- my thoughts too, said the spider to the fly.

The capture of the southern city would bring the Allies one step closer to achieving the main aim of the war - the defeat of the Taliban and the al Qaeda terrorist network, and the capture or death of Osama bin Laden.

We really need somebody to rat him out...NOW.

The Taliban are virtually deafeated.

The Taliban are not defeated until their soldiers are dead.

We are an instant gratification society. If their army just hides in caves and offers minimal resistance we will eventually get bored and leave.

There would then be hell to pay for whom ever is running the country.

We need to destroy the army before we claim victory.

It is now 4:00 PM in Afghanistan. This could be it. Soon comes the Highway of Death routine, I hope I hope I hope...

They are capturing territory, not the force behind the terrorism, which should be the US goal. I would rather have a battle in which we capture or eliminate a large number of the oposition.

Wouldn't it be ironic if the Afghans found the foriegn-based Taliban was a paper tiger. All this time, they endured beatings and killings and degradation for nothing.

The religion they thought would save them, ended up enslaving them.

Lord I can't wait for the Pentagon briefing today!

"The reports are unconfirmed, but if proved correct would be of enormous significance, effectively meaning the end of the Taliban as a ruling power."

"The Taliban are virtually deafeated."

Honestly, it is not my attempt to rain on your parade, but the two statements are not absolutely compatible. The retreat of the Taliban suggests to this old war horse that Bin Laden and the Army he commands are going to take to the hills and wage a guerilla war for quite sometime. It is the manner in which they defeated the Soviets and how we were ultimately defeated in Viet Nam.

The battle is going to long and we are going to take casualties along the way. We shouldn't get too cocky at this stage of the war.

It sure appears to me that contrary to the "news" reports that the "Taliban are fleeing", or the "Taliban are Quitting" the core of that movement are engaged in an organized retreat and are in no sense of the word defeated.

There have been reports of many thousands captured after the Mazar-e-Sharif battle. I bet those fleeing Kabul yesterday didn't make it far either. I think what is happening is that Afghanistan is being made unsafe for terrorists to train and operate. We will try to install a legitimate government, throw them several billion dollars and try to build a decent country in one of the worst places on earth. That's my guess. Also not sure how badly we want to capture Osama right now. If we get him, then the pressure will be on to stop before we take out Saddam.

I wonder where they are fleeing to? Perhaps regrouping for a counter attack? Then there's the matter of OBL and the entire network in other countries. We are just beginning and much hard work lies ahead.......but lookin' good, Mr. Cartah!

Wait. This cannot be true. The Taliban and Al-Quaida will gladly die in battle. 70 some odd virgins are waiting. This just cannot be true. These are seasoned fighters ready to spill their blood.

Let's give credit. The tallies became a 'paper tiger' in the face of the USAF the USN in effect becoming the Northern Alliance air force, and the SpecOps spotting targets.

Bush and company have run this war brilliantly. Bubba would still be lobbing Tomahawks.

I just heard on the radio that Alliance troops have taken Kandahar.

KOOK ALERT!

It sure appears to me that contrary to the "news" reports that the "Taliban are fleeing", or the "Taliban are Quitting" the core of that movement are engaged in an organized retreat and are in no sense of the word defeated.

I concur, but I would add that those who have been near the receiving end of our bombing campaign definitely have had their world 'rocked'. During Operation Desert Storm, many of the Iraqis that surrendered were visibly shaking days after they entered the P.O.W. sites.

I'm sure they all have severe PTSD.