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6,500 die overall is boldfaced. Well, okay, 4,500 of those were the enemy, but hey, those are details.
I did notice a begrudging aside about the Great Taliban Spring Offensive last year that fell apart. The brave Taliban fighters hope for better luck this year planting bombs under cover of night and killing school kids and other Afghans with suicide bombs. After all, the same tactics worked so well in winning over the Iraqis to the radical Islamic cause.