American-led forces were shot at while on patrol in Afghanistan and believe they killed "several terrorists" when they returned fire, a U.S. military spokesman said Sunday. After weeks of no reported combat with Al Qaeda or Taliban fighters, Maj. Bryan Hilferty said a joint patrol of Afghan soldiers and U.S. special forces came under fire Saturday. He would not say where the attack happened, but said no Afghans or Americans were hurt. The incident occurred before dawn, and the allied soldiers called in an AC-130 gunship to drive off the attackers, Hilferty said at this base north of Kabul.
The Bad Guys are still not too good at this guerrilla war thing. They may get better, but losing Abu Zubaydah and Haqqani getting hurt again probably hasn't helped. |