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The coalition's Operation Mountain Thrust began more than three weeks ago and major combat operations are under way in four key provinces: Oruzgan, Helmand, Kandahar and Zabol.
All but Oruzgan border Pakistan. The Afghan government has had little presence in the mountainous border region where many Taliban militants fled after U.S. forces ousted the hard-line Islamic group in 2001.
"There has been somewhat of an increase in the number of incidents by Taliban and other forces which are opposed to the central Afghan government," Brig. Gen. Carter Ham said.
He was referring to efforts by the Taliban to recruit new members and re-establish its influence in the southern provinces.
"So there are pockets, if you will, in some of the districts in those four provinces where there has not been much security force presence," Ham said.
The coalition's Operation Mountain Thrust began more than three weeks ago and major combat operations are under way in four key provinces: Oruzgan, Helmand, Kandahar and Zabol.
All but Oruzgan border Pakistan. The Afghan government has had little presence in the mountainous border region where many Taliban militants fled after U.S. forces ousted the hard-line Islamic group in 2001.
"There has been somewhat of an increase in the number of incidents by Taliban and other forces which are opposed to the central Afghan government," Brig. Gen. Carter Ham said.
He was referring to efforts by the Taliban to recruit new members and re-establish its influence in the southern provinces.
"So there are pockets, if you will, in some of the districts in those four provinces where there has not been much security force presence," Ham said.