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Afghanistan
Taliban hit army base, kill 26 troops
2019-02-06
[DAWN] The Taliban
...the Pashtun equivalent of men...
 launched a pre-dawn attack on an army base in northern Afghanistan on Tuesday, killing 26 members of the security forces, a provincial official said, the latest brazen assault by bandidos holy warriors amid stepped-up efforts to resolve the country's protracted war.

The raid on the base in northern Kunduz province came as representatives of the Taliban were to hold meetings in Moscow with prominent Afghan figures, including former President Hamid Maybe I'll join the Taliban Karzai
...A product, and probably the sole product, of the Southern Alliance...
, opposition le, ders and tribal elders but not Kabul government officials.

The bandidos holy warriors have refused to negotiate with Ghani's government, calling it a US puppet. The Taliban have been staging near-daily attacks, inflicting heavy casualties on the embattled Afghan army and security forces. Both sides in the conflict say they want to strike hard militarily to bolster their position at the negotiating table.

In the Kunduz attack, the Taliban stormed the base, located on the outskirts of the placid provincial capital, Kunduz city, around 2am, said Mohammad Yusouf Ayubi, head of the provincial council. There were at least 23 soldiers and three members of the local police force among those slain.

Posted by:Fred

#3  It is time to leave these people to their own vices. They couldnt protect a pile of ?????
Posted by: ranture   2019-02-06 11:06  

#2  Yet more proof we are wasting time, blood and treasure there.
Posted by: M. Murcek   2019-02-06 08:28  

#1  Over 17 years of US training and assistance and base security is still an issue ?
Posted by: Besoeker   2019-02-06 08:12  

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