The Taliban in Afghanistan, after taking a "ferocious beating" the past year, are finding it harder to resupply their fighters, NATO official Simon Gass writes.
In an opinion piece in Monday's edition of The Washington Post, Gass, NATO's senior civilian representative in Afghanistan, said: "The Taliban have taken a ferocious beating over the past year" in their former strongholds in the southern and southwestern regions.
"They are demoralized and finding it harder to resupply with men, money and weapons. The fighting campaign they boasted of this summer has been a flop."
Gass credited the success to the U.S. troop surge, and other NATO and international partners providing the means to defeat the insurgency.
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