NEW KIDS ON THE CHOPPING BLOCK:

Younger leadership for Taliban in Afghanistan (Daily Telegraph, 24/03/2008)

The Taliban leadership in southern Afghanistan is passing into the hands of younger, more extreme insurgents as the relentless targeting of traditional commanders by British forces takes its toll.

In a week spent in Helmand province, The Daily Telegraph has found widespread evidence that special forces operations are degrading the Taliban's leadership and its ability to co-ordinate operations.