1. Taliban opting for heavier weapons as NATO-led ISAF closes in on stronghold 2. Use of lEDs up by nearly a quarter. Afghanistan's Taliban is acting on lessons learned from contacts as the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) bears down on the group's traditional stronghold of eastern and southern Afghanistan, according to Brigadier-General Joseph Votel, deputy commander of operations for ISAF's Regional Command East.
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