There is still a war in Afghanistan, you know. And despite all the coverage of the Taliban and our ammo, there is some good news out of Kabul.
NATO forces recently sent a pile of “martyrs” to the next life. Despite what they think, I don’t expect there to be 9,360 virgins waiting for them:
Afghan and international troops killed more than 130 insurgents in six days of fighting in a once-stable area of northern Afghanistan that has seen a recent spike in Taliban attacks, NATO said Monday. It was some of the heaviest fighting in the north this year.
The operation, which took place last week, was in the Chahar Dara district of Kunduz province against Taliban fighters who had been threatening NATO supply lines from Russia.
An estimated 700 Afghan troops and 50 international soldiers, mostly Americans, took part in the operation. A NATO statement said 130 Taliban fighters, including eight commanders, were killed. The statement did not say how NATO arrived at the death figure.
It seems that despite Obama’s indecision, the troops on the battlefield have already decided they’d prefer to win in Afghanistan.
Hat Tip: Dan Riehl
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