Yesssss! Another big day for U.S. and Afghan troops in Uruzgan province in southern Afghanistan with 32 Taliban cold and dead. Let's take a look at the details reported here at Reuters:
Can't you just picture these Taliban, seeing over 30 of their fellows shot up and dead start pulling burqas out of their back packs and then scurrying along mountain trails trying to walk like women when .....well, there aren't any women within 100 miles? Hahahaha.
I've said it before that the Taliban just cannot resist this type of ambush on convoys - it's like a gambling addict trying to walk by a blackjack table where the winners are whooping it up. The problem the Taliban are having is they are running into convoys of U.S. and Afghan troops that have the training on how to react to these ambushes and they also have a ton of air support simply a call away.
Anyway, a world with 32 less Taliban in it is a better world.
Afghan and U.S.-led coalition troops killed 32 Taliban militants in southern Afghanistan, including some who dressed as women in an attempt to escape, the U.S. military said on Saturday.
The Taliban opened fire with small arms and rocket-propelled grenades on a patrol of Afghan security forces and coalition troops in Uruzgan province on Thursday, the U.S. military said in a statement.
The patrol returned fire then moved to higher ground and called in air strikes, killing three militants.
Militants soon attacked the patrol again, the statement said, and 29 more insurgents were killed.
"During this engagement, insurgents attempted to disguise themselves in women's clothing in order to escape," it said.
Can't you just picture these Taliban, seeing over 30 of their fellows shot up and dead start pulling burqas out of their back packs and then scurrying along mountain trails trying to walk like women when .....well, there aren't any women within 100 miles? Hahahaha.
I've said it before that the Taliban just cannot resist this type of ambush on convoys - it's like a gambling addict trying to walk by a blackjack table where the winners are whooping it up. The problem the Taliban are having is they are running into convoys of U.S. and Afghan troops that have the training on how to react to these ambushes and they also have a ton of air support simply a call away.
Anyway, a world with 32 less Taliban in it is a better world.
Afghan, U.S. troops kill 32 Taliban in clashes
KABUL (Reuters) - Afghan and U.S.-led coalition troops killed 32 Taliban militants in southern Afghanistan, including some who dressed as women in an attempt to escape, the U.S. military said on Saturday.
The Taliban opened fire with small arms and rocket-propelled grenades on a patrol of Afghan security forces and coalition troops in Uruzgan province on Thursday, the U.S. military said in a statement.
The patrol returned fire then moved to higher ground and called in air strikes, killing three militants.
Militants soon attacked the patrol again, the statement said, and 29 more insurgents were killed.
"During this engagement, insurgents attempted to disguise themselves in women's clothing in order to escape," it said.
The number of NATO and coalition troops in Afghanistan has been increased and more Afghan soldiers and policemen are on duty, but there has been no let-up in the violence and the Taliban insurgency shows few if any signs of weakening.
More than 6,000 people were killed in Afghanistan last year and there are signs that this year the toll could be higher, with neither side able to gain the upper hand.
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