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02/20/2006:

"'Suicide-ready' Taliban lie in wait for troops"

Stroking his long beard and flashing a smile, Mohammed Khwaja, a Taliban organiser in the lawless borderlands of Pakistan's tribal areas, contemplated the imminent arrival of British troops in Helmand province.

"We thought that it would be between us and the US, but it looks like souls of the British buried in the Helmand after they were killed by the Afghan warriors in the 19th century may be feeling bored.

By the early summer, 3,300 troops will be based in Helmand
"Now they are calling their grandchildren to be reunited with them in hell," he said.
telegraph.co.uk


Taliban raid Afghan police station, kill three
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan, Feb 19 (Reuters) - Taliban gunmen killed three policemen in a raid on a security post in a southern province where thousands of British troops will soon be based, police said on Sunday.

Violence has intensified in Afghanistan in recent months, particularly in the south and east, with a wave of raids, roadside and suicide bombings killing dozens of people as NATO members prepare to send peacekeepers.