31 May USA Today - Taliban Shifts Tactics, NATO Says by Jim Michaels.

The Taliban is increasingly turning to deadly roadside bombs and suicide attacks in its fight against NATO forces in Afghanistan, allied commanders say.

Taliban leaders have adjusted tactics in response to successful NATO ground and air offensives, they say.

"They're making choices because they realize on the security operations they can't compete" with NATO and a separate U.S.-led coalition force, said Army Gen. John Craddock, commander of NATO forces, on a visit here this week. Those offensives have made the Taliban reluctant to engage allied forces in conventional battles.

Attacks using homemade bombs called improvised explosive devices (IEDs) will become even more frequent and deadly, said Lt. Col. Ray Lane, an Irish officer who leads NATO's anti-IED efforts. "We'll see an increase in the technology."...