Porous Pakistani Border Could Hinder U.S.

A Pakistani logistics tactician of the Taliban. Zackary Canepari for The New York Times

From The New York Times:

PESHAWAR, Pakistan — President Obama is pouring more than 20,000 new troops into Afghanistan this year for a fighting season that the United States military has called a make-or-break test of the allied campaign in Afghanistan.

But if Taliban strategists have their way, those forces will face a stiff challenge, not least because of one distinct Taliban advantage: the border between Afghanistan and Pakistan barely exists for the Taliban, who are counting on the fact that American forces cannot reach them in their sanctuaries in Pakistan.

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My Comment: This Taliban officer sounds very cocky and sure of himself on the coming war against U.S./NATO/and Afghan forces. If even half of this story is accurate .... it tells me that the AfghanPak war is about to enter a new and dangerous phase.