Taliban attack kills 18 Afghan soldiers; some beheaded

AP ^ | 4/13/15

[markomalley]

Taliban fighters swarmed over Afghan army posts in the country's northeast, killing at least 18 soldiers and beheading some in a major attack to mark the start of the country's summer fighting season, authorities said Monday.

The assault marks a grim first summer battle for Afghan forces, now fighting largely alone after the U.S. and NATO ended their combat mission in the country at the start of this year. The attack in Badakhshan's Jurm district happened Friday, though officials only offered details about it days later as they pledged to investigate the apparent rout.

Some 250 Taliban fighters overran the posts, said Gul Mohammad Bidar, the province's deputy governor. Ahmad Nawid Froutan, a spokesman for the provincial governor, said the attack killed 18 soldiers, with eight of their bodies beheaded. He said Afghan troops killed 19 Taliban fighters, eight of them foreigners, and that the insurgents fled after reinforcements arrived to the area.

[markomalley]

Mission accomplished

[BCW]

Lessons Learned from Vietnam = 0

[doosee]

Thanks to the traitor Obama, reinforcements are on the way for the Taliban. 5 leaders to return to kill and maim as returning heroes to these evil savages.