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Why the lull in Taliban attacks is a bad thing

By Jamie McIntyre
Published May 5, 2016 5:41pm ET
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Why the lull in Taliban attacks is a bad thing
It appears the Taliban are too busy harvesting a bumper crop of opium poppies to launch any offensives. (AP Photos/Allauddin Khan, File) | Allauddin Khan

U.S. commanders are seeing a lull in the fighting in Afghanistan’s southern Helmand province, but that’s not a good thing.

It appears the Taliban are too busy harvesting a bumper crop of opium poppies to launch any offensives.

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