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| Taliban kill 10 Afghan security personnel: officials |
| 2012-10-24 |
| [Dawn] At least ten Afghan security personnel have been killed in a bloody battle with Taliban bully boyz in the western province of Herat ...a venerable old Persian-speaking city in western Afghanistan, populated mostly by Tadjiks, which is why it's not as blood-soaked as areas controlled by Pashtuns... , officials said on Tuesday. Five coppers were among the dead, including the police chief of Obe district, where the battle took place on Monday afternoon, regional police front man Noor Khan Nikzad told AFP. Nikzad said the shootout erupted at noon when the Taliban attacked a police convoy and lasted several hours. Najeebullah Ahmadi, the Obe district governor, said five police and five soldiers were killed in the battle. Three Taliban bully boyz including a commander were also killed, he said. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #3 How is it that the fierce, vengeful Afghans we've heard about forever seem to mainly be with the Taliban? We never hear of our Afghan allies going into a village and executing the imams sponsoring the IEDs that are killing THEIR kids. I feel sorry for what's going to happen to the Afghanis who allied with us after we leave, but they're bringing it on themselves by demanding we play patty-cake with people who are shooting at us. If they really don't care what the bastards have done, are doing and will do to them and their families, and/or are just so scared of them that they won't stand up for US, or are so few that they dare not, then why are we there? Just nuke 'em from orbit (so to speak) next time (and sadly, there WILL be a next time.) |
| Posted by: Glenmore 2012-10-24 17:08 |
| #2 Are these the new kindler, gentler Talibunnies? 'Cause it's really hard to tell the difference. |
| Posted by: SteveS 2012-10-24 02:43 |
| #1 Let them all rot in hell together |
| Posted by: texhooey 2012-10-24 00:06 |