U. S. Marine Corps Capt. Ernesto Howard reads a map during a patrol in Charibaya in Afghanistan's Helmand province, Aug. 8, 2013. Coalition forces patrolled to meet with Afghans in the area and investigate the terrain. Howard is the assistant officer in charge of the Supporting Arms Liaison Team, 2nd Air Naval Gunfire Liaison Company. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Tammy K. Hineline
The Afghan Army Claims It Just Kicked the Taliban’s Ass—It’s Probably a Lie -- War Is Boring
Don’t trust numbers coming out of Kabul
Afghan helicopters rotored into Logar province south of Kabul in the early morning hours of July 23 as part of the biggest Afghan-only military offensive in 30 years. Operating without coalition help, Mi-17 cargo copters dropped off soldiers and supplies as Mi-35 gunships flew top cover.
Pounding through Logar’s Azra district with the helicopters in support, the soldiers flushed out and corralled hundreds of Taliban fighters—and in two weeks of furious fighting killed some 200 of the insurgents, liberating a strategic area from militant control at the loss of just a dozen Afghan troops.
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My Comment: The Afghan government is not alone in making outlandish claims. I have doubts on U.S. military claims that the Afghan military is progressing smoothly .... if anything .... I am seeing more reports of this.
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