Start Of Afghan 'Fighting Season' Will Test U.S. Strategy -- McClatchy News
KABUL, Afghanistan — After the most violent winter since U.S. soldiers arrived in Afghanistan, the spring thaw has come, ushering in a new "fighting season" in which, intelligence suggests, the Taliban leadership believes they will storm back into their former strongholds in the south and reverse the much-trumpeted gains of U.S.-led coalition forces.
Whether they can do it will test how effective the U.S. surge of troops last year has been in turning the tide of a 10-year losing campaign.
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