KABUL, specifically in Helmand and Kunduz province.
“This is the heart of the fighting season,” a US general in Afghanistan told Pentagon press corps on Thursday. “We have absolutely been expecting that this is really when the Taliban were going to try and make their large push.”
On average, Brig. General Charles Cleveland said from Kabul, NATO probably had somebody out every night at some place in Afghanistan. The Afghan forces had achieved success in defending Kunduz City . . .









