OPEN SEASON ON THE TALIBAN:

Dutch troops 'killed dozens' of Taliban over recent weeks (Deutsche Presse-Agentur, Jun 10, 2006)

Dutch troops have killed \'several dozen\' Taliban fighters over recent weeks in the south-central Afghan province of Uruzgan, the commander of the task force in the province said in an interview published in Saturday\'s Dutch press.

Colonel Henk Morsink, whose troops are preparing the ground for the arrival in August of around 1,400 Dutch troops, said one of those killed was \'an important Taliban commander.\'

Morsink said there had been no Dutch casualties in six engagements around the city of Tarin Kowt since April, although a particularly fierce battle on May 30 had tested the force.

When they go on the offensive it just makes them easier to find and kill.

Posted by Orrin Judd at June 10, 2006 1:19 PM