SILENT SENTRY - A soldier mans a security outpost at a construction site, Kavajeh Molk, Afghanistan, Dec. 12, 2010. Active duty and reserve component Seabees assigned to Naval Mobile Construction Battalions 40, 18 and 26 secure and fortify a remote combat outpost on the eastern edge of Khavejeh Molk, Afganistan. U.S. Navy photo by Chief Michael B. WatkinsTaliban Insurgents Prepare to Attempt `Spectacular' Attacks, UN Envoy Says -- Bloomberg
Taliban insurgents will attempt “spectacular attacks” on U.S. and allied military forces in Afghanistan in the coming months, the top United Nations envoy to the war-torn central Asian nation said.
“We are detecting from the anti-government elements an attempt to show on their side some spectacular attacks,” Staffan de Mistura, head of the UN mission to Afghanistan, told reporters yesterday after briefing the Security Council. There is likely to be “an intense security environment in the next few months. In other words, our assessment is that before it gets better, it may get worse.”
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