HAD ENOUGH?:

Drive to crush Taliban is 'on verge of major success' (Patrick Bishop, 14/09/2006, Daily Telegraph)

Nato forces claimed last night to be on the verge of achieving their first major success against the Taliban since the launch of their campaign to pacify southern Afghanistan.

The militia's fighters were reported to be scrambling to escape from an operation to crush them inside a corridor bounded by a road and a river west of the strategically vital city of Kandahar.

"There are definite signs that they have had enough," said a senior officer with the Nato-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF). "There is no doubt they have taken a big hit."