Taliban hinder NATO 'ink-spot' strategy - Christian Science Monitor

A Canadian soldier and 21 civilians were killed Thursday in separate attacks in Afghanistan. By Rachel Morarjee | Correspondent of The Christian Science Monitor CAMP BASTION, HELMAND – Any Taliban fighters approaching Camp Bastion are visible for miles because the main British base in southern Afghanistan is slap-bang in the middle of nowhere. There is nothing around Bastion but seas of dust. "We have tied up thousands of troops protecting a white elephant in the middle of the desert. The ...