The capture of the Taliban leader Mullah Salam, comes on the heels of news that Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, the Taliban's No. 2, had been captured early this month in Pakistan.
The news reports referring to his capture have been very low key, which is really the way to describe the press reporting on the ongoing operation in Afghanistan, there have already been significant gains, but the military appear to have learned from past campaigns to not have to much fanfare over each little accomplishment.
It seems as though everything is going to plan, and a significant number of Taliban leaders, the number running into 3 figures, had been killed by British and US special forces leading up to the start of this latest operation, this has served to severely restrict the Taliban capability.
So far so good, not to many casualty’s on the allied side, but I am sure the Taliban will have one final surge before they lose to our inevitable superior firepower.
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