Approximately 300 taliban terrorists stormed an isolated US outpost in the province of Nuristan and killed 8 US soldiers. The taliban attacked from a mosque and a nearby village.
This really pisses me off. At this point we should just make Afghanistan into the world's largest crater and be done with it once and for all. Times Online
Ten American troops were killed at the weekend in two surprise attacks that caused alarm in Nato’s US-led coalition.
In one, hundreds of insurgents attacked a pair of isolated outposts in eastern Afghanistan, killing eight US soldiers and several Afghan policemen in the deadliest battle in 15 months. Scores more Afghan policemen were reportedly captured by the Taleban.[...]
The two outposts on a hill in the remote and mountainous province of Nuristan, a Taleban and al-Qaeda stronghold on the lawless Pakistan border, were attacked before dawn on Saturday by around 300 insurgents from a mosque and a nearby village.
They stormed the Afghan police post at the foot of the hill then swept on to the Nato post further up. The attack was repelled with the help of US airpower but the ferocious battle lasted many hours.
Aside from the American and Afghan dead, Mohammad Farooq, Nuristan's deputy police chief, said that the fate of the rest of the 90-strong police force in Kamdesh district was unknown.
Zabihullah Mujahid, a Taleban spokesman, said that the insurgents included several suicide bombers and that they had captured 35 policemen whose fate would be decided by the movement’s provincial council. The two outposts on a hill in the remote and mountainous province of Nuristan, a Taleban and al-Qaeda stronghold on the lawless Pakistan border, were attacked before dawn on Saturday by around 300 insurgents from a mosque and a nearby village.
They stormed the Afghan police post at the foot of the hill then swept on to the Nato post further up. The attack was repelled with the help of US airpower but the ferocious battle lasted many hours.
Aside from the American and Afghan dead, Mohammad Farooq, Nuristan's deputy police chief, said that the fate of the rest of the 90-strong police force in Kamdesh district was unknown.
Zabihullah Mujahid, a Taleban spokesman, said that the insurgents included several suicide bombers and that they had captured 35 policemen whose fate would be decided by the movement’s provincial council.
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