The Taliban Strike Back, Force US to Pay Attention
By Gary Brecher
July 22, 2008
It's not so easy to be sure what actually happened in the battle there on July 13. A big Taliban force -- big by guerrilla-war standards, meaning several hundred -- was able to mass outside the base without being detected. They attacked with rocket-propelled grenades, mortars and rifle fire, managed to take part of the base, and then either withdrew or were forced back into the town of Wanat, where the fighting continued in the ruins. The NATO troops had massive air support, and faced with that, the guerrillas dispersed into the hills. Then, three days later, the U.S. forces, who have de facto command of south-eastern Afghanistan, also withdrew. Officially Wanat is now in the hands of the Afghan police, but that's a joke.
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