Nov 9, 2011

Afghan National Army increasingly infiltrated by Taliban from Pakistan

The front page of tomorrow's Sydney Daily Telegraph reports that Australian soldiers have been ordered to wear body armor and helmets when inside the base, to protect against attacks from within. The latest attack wounded three. The inside story includes opinion from retired Australian Major-general Jim Molan: the attack was not carried out by a Taliban sleeper agent. "If you're part of a sophisticated tactic that puts you into a military unit to be a sleeper agent, why would you not wait for the president to visit and kill him?" he said.

Source: The Daily Telegraph, cover story, "WATCH YOUR BACKS; Anti-war cry builds as Afghan allies shoot three more Diggers", The Daily Telegraph, Nov 10, 2011, p. 1