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Afghanistan offensive draws near { November 2004 } Original Source Link: (May no longer be active)    http://www.kansascity.com/mld/kansascity/news/world/10307697.htm http://www.kansascity.com/mld/kansascity/news/world/10307697.htm Posted on Wed, Dec. 01, 2004 Afghanistan offensive draws near The Associated Press KABUL, Afghanistan — Thousands of U.S. soldiers are preparing an operation against Taliban insurgents to pre-empt an expected offensive that could upset plans for parliamentary elections, a senior American general said Tuesday. The operation will begin within days of the Dec. 7 inauguration of Hamid Karzai as Afghanistan's first directly elected president — an event that itself is a potential target, Maj. Gen. Eric Olson said in an interview. “There could be an unhappy coincidence between the enemy's spring offensive and the parliamentary elections,” Olson said at the main U.S. base at Bagram, north of Kabul. The aim is to tighten the Afghan-Pakistan border by sending special forces on raids against rebel leaders, he said. Olson said the offensive — which will cover the entire U.S.-led force of about 18,000 — would attempt to disturb militants in their “winter sanctuaries” so they will be in no shape to move against the parliamentary vote slated for April. The new operation, dubbed Lightning Freedom, follows Lightning Resolve, a security push begun in July to protect the October presidential election, the first vote since the fall of the Taliban in 2001. Violence continues in the south and east, where militants are strongest.

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