Let's talk about what the enemy are doing. Are we seeing a shift? We see constant shifts in Afghanistan in terms of how the enemy do business. We've seen this over the past several years. They'll try to move back and forth between different levels of violence and different techniques to try to counter what we're doing, because we're constantly evolving as well.
So in one case, in this particular case of Pashmul, you may have seen a shift for that particular zone. But that doesn't mean that is going to translate to that type of defence elsewhere in the south, because of terrain and the nature of our forces. They're going to adjust, depending on what we're doing. So I wouldn't view this as a linear shift. There's a Maoist construct where you go from essentially a guerrilla type of operation to a more conventional operation. I don't see that model applying yet. I have yet to see evidence that the Taliban thinks like that. I think they're more Viet Cong-like, where they're going to apply the types of resources that they think will provide the most disruptive effect on us in theatre, and then for the largest impact outside of theatre, specifically the Canadian public and our allies' publics as well.
I don't personally view this as a grand shift in everything they're doing. I think they have attempted this particular technique in this particular place. If we saw this all over the place, maybe, but I haven't seen it all over the place. This is a counter-insurgency mission, absolutely.