In Afghanistan, U.S. and Afghan forces are waging what officials are describing as one of the largest offensives in the country since 2001. Afghan officials say they believe over 100 members of the Taliban have been killed in the attack. During the battle U.S. warplanes and helicopter gunships bombed suspected Taliban sites for hours. On Wednesday, the Bush administration warned they expected to see increased violence by the Taliban in the lead-up to the national assembly elections scheduled for September. This warning comes eighteen months after President Bush announced that U.S. forces had “put the Taliban out of business forever.” Meanwhile a girls’ primary school south of Kabul has burned down after it was set on fire by armed men.