It seems that a corner may be turning in Afghanistan according to Brig Mark Carleton-Smith. His name really sounds like a Victorian-era general in charge of Pashtun Irregulars or something. In any case it seems that drones and "decapitation strikes" is decimated the Taliban.
In the past two years an estimated 7,000 Taliban have been killed, the majority in southern and eastern Afghanistan. But it is the "very effective targeted decapitation operations" that have removed "several echelons of commanders".
This in turn has left the insurgents on the brink of defeat, the head of Task Force Helmand said.
"The Taliban are much weaker," he said from 16 Air Assault Brigade headquarters in Lashkar Gah.
"The tide is clearly ebbing not flowing for them. Their chain of command is disrupted and they are short of weapons and ammunition."
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