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2008-06-18 Afghanistan

Residents flee as Taliban brace for Afghan offensive

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Posted by Fred 2008-06-18 00:00|| || Front Page|| [4 views ] Top
File under: Taliban

#1 Bad Guys

Residents flee as Taliban brace for Afghan offensive

A Taliban commander said hundreds of fighters had hunkered down in troubled Arghandab district since late Monday

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good guys

Afghan army General Aminullah Patyali said the rebelshad reportedly laid many landmines. One of the mines exploded, killing two Taliban, he said.
[LOL!]

The US-led coalition said that a joint patrol with Afghan forces saw no massive presence of rebels in the district.

LOL!

Posted by RD">RD 2008-06-18 00:41|| 2008-06-18 00:41|| Front Page Top

#2 they said no evidence militants CONTROL the area.

I read that, they sent a patrol down a main road, and the talibunnies went to ground. That doesnt mean theyre not there (though it does mean theyve decided not to spend resources on IEDs/ambushes along the main road) Now thats still promising - whatever road the patrol went through on, can be used to begin to divide up the district into sectors for search and destroy, etc. But I would count on no further kinetic operations before this particular op is done.

Posted by liberalhawk 2008-06-18 09:33|| 2008-06-18 09:33|| Front Page Top

#3 "wouldnt count"

Posted by liberalhawk 2008-06-18 09:33|| 2008-06-18 09:33|| Front Page Top

#4 AP reports 23 talibunnies dead, 20 in the village of Tabin, as of 5 minutes ago.

Posted by liberalhawk 2008-06-18 09:51|| 2008-06-18 09:51|| Front Page Top

#5 quoting the AP will cost you, LH

Posted by Frank G">Frank G 2008-06-18 10:09|| 2008-06-18 10:09|| Front Page Top

#6 :)

The count is up to 36, now, 20 in Tabin, 16 in the neighboring town of Kohak. 2 Afghan soldiers killed.

AP confirms the NATO element of this joint Afghan-NATO op is Canadian.

Posted by liberalhawk 2008-06-18 10:32|| 2008-06-18 10:32|| Front Page Top

#7 AFP says about 1000 Afghan and Canadian troops involved, Canadian armored vehicles.

Posted by liberalhawk 2008-06-18 10:36|| 2008-06-18 10:36|| Front Page Top

#8 be nice to drop behind these mooks and prevent retreat to Pakland. Killing Fields indeed

Posted by Frank G">Frank G 2008-06-18 10:42|| 2008-06-18 10:42|| Front Page Top

#9 Thanks LH, keep us posted, the Rapporteur does need interpreting.... ;)

Posted by RD">RD 2008-06-18 13:28|| 2008-06-18 13:28|| Front Page Top

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