U.S. KANDAHAR BUILD-UP WILL STRENGTHEN TALIBAN

"... the Afghanistan NGO Security Office, which monitors trends in violence on behalf of aid organisations, said... The US military build-up in Kandahar is likely to further strengthen the hold of the Taliban over the vital southern Afghanistan city... Nato's counter-insurgency strategy was not showing any signs of succeeding amid rising violence, the unchecked establishment of local militias and a huge increase in attacks on private development workers across the country."
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/07/19/us-military-buildup-in-ka_n_651825.html