The Taliban and Al Qaeda were probably expecting to launch a spring offensive in Afghanistand and Pakistan. Seems the US led forces had the same idea – and beat them to it:

Fighting in southern Afghan mountains that involved U.S.-led coalition forces killed at least 24 militants, four Afghan soldiers and one policeman, the coalition said Wednesday. An Afghan general said up to 60 militants had died.

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The fighting began in a small village in Tirin Kot district before the militants fled higher into the mountains, Raufi said. It was there that airstrikes bombed Taliban positions, he said.

In the past year, Uruzgan has been the site of some of the heaviest fighting in Afghanistan, but militants suffered high losses in multiple battles with coalition forces, and the violence there has subsided in recent months.

Last Friday, a U.S. soldier was killed and seven wounded in a battle in southern Uruzgan that also saw 20 Taliban militants killed.

Militants have stepped up attacks in the last several months, particularly in Afghanistan’s southern and eastern regions near its border with Pakistan. Thousands more NATO forces are scheduled to move into the areas in the next few months, during summer in the region.

The terrorist want Jihad, we will give them Jihad.  Hopefully these new efforts will expose Bin Laden and others soon.  Posts on Pakistan efforts this spring are here.