Taliban militants line up to join the Afghan government's reconciliation and reintegration program, two years ago in Kandahar. Despite the group’s loss of some high-level fighters, attacks in Afghanistan are likely to continue.
Taliban Surge Expected To Continue -- Washington Post
KABUL — In the latest in a series of dramatic Taliban attacks across Afghanistan, a team of seven heavily armed fighters staged a bold raid on NATO’s operational headquarters at the Kabul airport Monday before being fought off and killed by Afghan security forces.
The incident served as an example of what coalition and Afghan military officials say is the Taliban’s renewed determination to carry out nationwide attacks well after their annual spring offensive, in a bid to disrupt plans for next year’s national elections and expose Afghan security forces as incapable of defending the country ahead of the withdrawal of most NATO troops by the end of 2014.
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