Posted on 10/06/2009 9:10:09 AM PDT by NormsRevenge
KABUL (AFP) – Over 100 Taliban fighters were killed in a weekend clash that left eight US soldiers dead, NATO's International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) said Tuesday.
"A more detailed battlefield assessment following the October 3 attack in Nuristan has determined that enemy forces suffered more than 100 dead during the well-coordinated defence -- significantly higher losses than originally thought," a statement said.
Hundreds of militant fighters on Saturday swept down a remote hillside at dawn near the mountainous border with Pakistan to attack two Afghan army and NATO outposts.
The resulting firefight lasted into the night and prompted US troops to call in air strikes.
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Some 13 police officers and two Afghan journalists working for a radio station set up with US help were captured, local officials said.
ISAF said Tuesday the attack was conducted by "local anti-Afghan forces", possibly helped by the Taliban Hizb-i-Islami militia of Pashtun warlord and anti-American former Afghan prime minister, Gulbuddin Hekmatyar.
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Are we headed back to collecting body counts?
In a substantial engagement, we need to see the 10:1 casualty counts or better. If we can’t get that leverage, we’re in trouble. (Not that any 1 on our side is ever “good”).
You get 10:1 with heavy weapons, air and indirect fire support.
Don’t the current rules of engagement limit the application of those weapons systems?
Let's say, if they kill eight of our brave men or women...
we kill eight HUNDRED of their radical islamist asses.
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