Afghan Troops And NATO Air Support Kill 30 Taliban In Eastern Afghanistan

Nice score on this one! Thirty dead Taliban in one counterattack is a good, good day! Here's the details on how this went down, according to the report here at China View:

Some 200 Taliban fighters raided police checkpoints in Tanai district Monday night and police responded, killing 30 rebels in a three-hour clash, Badiul Zaman, Tanai's district chief, told Xinhua.
He said international troops had provided air support to Afghan police in the battle.
This killing came as Afghan security forces backed by foreign troops had killed over 60 militants on June 14-15.

An unusual development here is that we are seeing 200 Taliban together in this operation. Some of you have seen the reports about the Taliban congregating around Kandahar in numbers approaching 1000 so this almost appears to be some new tactics - almost reminiscient of the Spring Offensive of three years ago. Anyway, what the result again shows here is that NATO air support is and has been the difference in this war - the Apaches and F-16's and predator drones are absolutely blowing the shit out of the Taliban in this types of counteroffensives.

What is working for the good guys in this war is that the Taliban had that long, sweet drink of power in Afghanistan years ago and they are very impatient to get back in control. The Taliban simply do not have the patience or the nature for a 20 year war where they will blow up a few IED's or conduct some suicide bombings. They think they can storm the fort and swarm the hillsides like locusts and they are finding out that NATO and U.S. air support have a good field of vision on them.

Hopefully, the next battle we will see air strikes hit an even bigger group - I'd love to report a triple digit day!

Official: 30 insurgents killed in E Afghanistan

KABUL, June 17 (Xinhua) -- Afghan forces backed by air power support of foreign troops have killed 30 Taliban fighters in Afghanistan's eastern Khost province, a local official said Tuesday.
Some 200 Taliban fighters raided police checkpoints in Tanai district Monday night and police responded, killing 30 rebels in a three-hour clash, Badiul Zaman, Tanai's district chief, told Xinhua.
He said international troops had provided air support to Afghan police in the battle.
This killing came as Afghan security forces backed by foreign troops had killed over 60 militants on June 14-15.
The past three weeks saw intensified militants' attacks and military operations by Afghan and foreign troops across the war-battered nation where last year insurgency-related violence and conflicts left some 8,000 people mostly rebels dead.