After nearly 17 years of combat, the Taliban in Afghanistan are implementing a new offensive strategy that is as deadly as it is risky, politically speaking: Urban attacks. In the past week the International Hotel in the capital of Kabul was attacked — leaving four Americans dead — as were offices of Save the Children in the urban center of Jalalabad. The attacks are meant to prove a couple of things…
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