Again, from the NYTimes, no less.
bill keller, where art thou?
KABUL, Afghanistan — Taliban forces in southern Afghanistan are fleeing to the Pakistani border after being routed in recent operations by the United States Marines, the American commander of NATO forces in Afghanistan said on Monday.
“The insurgents, after experiencing these several weeks of pressure below Garmser, are trying to flee to the south, perhaps to go back to the sanctuaries in another country,” said the NATO commander, Gen. Dan K. McNeill.
The governor of the province, Muhammad Gulab Mangal, also spoke of the rout of the Taliban.
General McNeill, who hands over command of NATO forces in Afghanistan this week after 16 months in the post, said that if the Taliban and foreign insurgents continued to enjoy free sanctuary outside Afghanistan, their numbers would continue to grow.
He also seemed to warn Pakistan to contain the threat emanating from its land.
In other words - stop negotiating with terrorists!
