Afghanistan: 'Wrath' is the new 'Thrust'

Karzai said on June 22nd "It is not acceptable for us that in all this fighting, Afghans are dying. In the last three to four weeks, 500 to 600 Afghans were killed. (Even) if they are Taliban, they are sons of this land,".

Welcome to operation 'Mountain Wrath'.

Web India July 4th

While the operation Mountain Thrust is going on in the volatile southern region to root out Taliban-linked militants, Afghan army would launch a new offensive soon, Afghanistan's Defence Minister Abdul Rahim Wardak said Monday.

"A new operation dubbed as Mountain Wrath would be launched soon to inflict more casualties on the militants," Wardak told journalists.

He declined to disclose the exact date of initiating the proposed operation or how many Afghan and US solders will participate in it.

However, he was hopeful that the security situation especially in the southern region where hundreds of Taliban operatives are said to have hidden would improve. Link