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US general claims Taliban facing 'financial crisis' | A senior US general has claimed that the Taliban is facing a 'financial crisis'. Major General Richard Mills, who leads coalition troops in Afghanistan's southern Helmand province, a key poppy-growing
region for the Taliban, said that with supply routes being blocked, the Taliban
is facing a financial crisis. "We believe that the local insurgency here within
the province has less than one half of what they had last year in operating funds,"
The Telegraph quoted Major General Mills, as saying citing "sensitive intelligence"
reports. Major General Mills comments came as Afghanistan's President Hamid Karzai
said a NATO air strike had killed campaign workers seeking votes in this month's
parliamentary elections. Major General Mills said coalition and local forces were
making steady progress in Marjah and across Helmand province, and that the Afghan
army and police soon could be ready to take over security duties in some districts.
"I do believe in the coming months ahead there will be areas in which we can turn
over a significant portion of the security to them for their execution," Major
General Mills said. |
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