Afghan Army Repels Taliban Attack Killing 25 Taliban In The Process

Even Bill Roggio is talking about how the Taliban KEEP trying these ambushes on Afghan and NATO forces and forward operating bases and in the process, they are getting their asses kicked. Let's look at a part of Bill's report over here at The Long War Journal:

The Afghan National Army killed 25 Taliban fighters after being ambushed and fighting a 10 hour battle in the western province of Badghis. The attack in Badghis is the latest in a series of Taliban attempts to rout Afghan forces and overrun district centers and forward operating bases.
This year, the Taliban have sent smaller, company-sized elements of 50 to 100 fighters to conduct attacks. The units are often supported with mortar, rocket, and machinegun teams. But the Taliban forces have still taken frightening casualties - often over 50 percent of the force killed in a single engagement - with little to show in return. Coalition and Afghan forces take few or no casualties during the ambushes and massed attacks.

Bill Roggio hits the nail on the head when he talks about the Taliban losses and "little to show in return." Not only do their ambushes or assault yield no victories, but they are inflicting very, very few casualties on NATO or Afghan forces. I don't have the exact figures but I have to believe that 90% of the NATO and Afghan casualties are the result of Taliban IED's and suicide bombers.

But I have talked about this before...the Taliban know that the IED's and suicide bombers are effective but they don't like that kind of fight. It's a distinct difference between the Taliban and their Arab jihadi mates to the East. The Arab jihadists are cowards and sneaky fucks. They NEVER look for a confrontational battle - they hide behind trees and rocks and punch numbers in a cell phone to blow up an IED. The Taliban, on the other hand, like to try and intimidate with numbers of fighters and head on assaults. That tactic of the Taliban has cost them dearly. The key factor that keeps the Taliban in the game is that they never give up. They can lose 50 out of 80 fighters one day and bring another 100 to a battle the next. They simply do not fade away.

Afghan Army kills 25 Taliban after ambush in the northwestern province of Badghis

"At least 25 Taliban were killed and many were wounded in several hours of fighting after the Taliban attacked our troops," Mohammad Ayob Niazyar, the Badghis provincial police chief told AFP.
Afghan troops repelled the Taliban ambush in the district of Muqur, which borders Iran. Afghan police and Spanish soldiers operating in the area provided backup for the Afghan soldiers and routed the company-sized Taliban force. "Twelve bodies of militants were left on the field and many others were wounded during the fight," according to the AP. No Afghan or Spanish casualties
The Taliban have opened a new front in the northwestern provinces of Badghis and neighboring Faryab province. "We are trying to open up this route just as we did in the past," said Mullah Dastagir, an influential Taliban commander in Badghis, during an interview with IWPR last November. "Our policy is different up here. We have openly engaged the government and foreign forces in the south, but in the north we are quietly expanding our area. The government is weaker here than in the south and the mountains have provided good terrain for our operations."
The Taliban have maintained a presence in northwestern Afghanistan since the fall of the Taliban government in late 2001. "The Taliban have never been fully evicted from the Bala Murghab, Ghurmach, and Qades districts and analysts believe the Taliban have patiently set up a complex intelligence and support network that reaches deep into neighboring Faryab province," Matt Dupee said in a report on the security situation in Badghis in December 2007.
The provincial government has worked with Spanish troops operating in Badghis in an attempt to improve the security situation. Afghan forces captured Dastagir in neighboring Herat province.
The Taliban modify tactics
The Taliban are using smaller forces than attacks in the previous years. In 2006 and 2007, the Taliban would mass battalion-sized forces of several hundreds of fighters to attack NATO and Afghan forces. The formations were easy prey for Coalition airpower, and the Taliban often took more than 100 casualties during a single engagement.
This year, the Taliban have sent smaller, company-sized elements of 50 to 100 fighters to conduct attacks. The units are often supported with mortar, rocket, and machinegun teams. But the Taliban forces have still taken frightening casualties - often over 50 percent of the force killed in a single engagement - with little to show in return. Coalition and Afghan forces take few or no casualties during the ambushes and massed attacks.

Seven Taliban killed after ambush in Paktika

The Taliban continue their attacks in eastern Afghanistan. Afghan soldiers killed seven Taliban after their convoy was ambushed in the Sar Hawza district in Paktika province. "Their bodies were left on the battlefield," a spokesman for the provincial governor told AFP
The Taliban have launched a series of attacks against district centers and Afghan and Coalition forces in eastern Afghanistan. Paktika, Paktia, and Khost provinces have seen an increase in attacks over the past two weeks. The Taliban are attempting to destabilize the eastern region and overrun Afghan government centers. Many of the attacks have originated from Pakistan.