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Afghanistan/South Asia
Afghan Forces Retake Air Base
2004-08-16
KABUL, Afghanistan, Aug. 15 - Forces of the newly trained Afghan National Army took control of an air base in the western province of Herat, where 21 people were killed Friday night after a local commander attacked the base, the president's office announced Sunday. Two more battalions of the new multiethnic army were dispatched to the province on Sunday, forcing back the forces of the governor, Ismail Khan.
Is it just my imagination or is Ismail rapidly becoming a pain in the ass?
In southern Afghanistan, fighting against suspected Taliban members continued in two areas. Seven government soldiers were killed as they slept in their checkpoint west of Kandahar on Saturday night. Eight suspected Taliban fighters were killed and 11 detained by Afghan government forces in a clash near the Pakistani border, local officials said.
Posted by:Steve White

#6  Sigh, 7 killed sleeping at their Checkpoint...

Nobody standing guard?

I hate to see soldiers killed...especially for something so stupid and elemental.

Best Wishes,

Traveller
Posted by: Traveller   2004-08-16 10:08:33 PM  

#5  Time to shoot down another airliner
Fie on the airliner, lets go after the turbans!
Why treat the symptoms, when you can cauterize the source of the infection. Or use radiation therapy to eliminate the toumor(sp?).
Posted by: N Guard   2004-08-16 11:21:01 AM  

#4  Time to shoot down another airliner.
Posted by: Howard UK   2004-08-16 10:17:50 AM  

#3  I think it's just becoming a more visible pain in the ass Howard. It always have been formenting troubles for those around it and funding questionable endeavors in other countries since the "revolution".
Posted by: Flamebait93268   2004-08-16 5:03:11 AM  

#2  Is it just my imagination or is Iran rapidly becoming more of a pain in the ass?
Posted by: Howard UK   2004-08-16 4:49:38 AM  

#1  Ismail Khan is a tool of the Iranians. Or you could say that the Iranians are a tool of Ismail Khan. Either way, Ismail Khan needs to be deposed, eventually. And there's no time like the present.
Posted by: Zhang Fei   2004-08-16 1:10:29 AM  

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