British security firm blast(Kabul) kills 10...

PTI ^ | 11/28/18 | PTI

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At least 10 people were killed and 19 wounded in a Taliban-claimed attack at a private British security firm's compound in Kabul, officials said Wednesday, without confirming the victims' nationalities.

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[Zhang Fei]

The campaign in Afghanistan is remarkable for the low level of casualties, both military and civilian, given the (albeit overstated) Afghan reputation for ferocity. The Vietnam War, fought over ~20 years, featured as many as 20,000 civilians dead per year. Whereas Afghan civilian casualties per year have never exceeded 4,000. And on the military side, Vietnamese Communist and ARVN dead averaged 55,000 per year over 19 years, compared to combined Afghan govt/Taliban casualties of just under 7,000 per year.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vietnam_War
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_in_Afghanistan_(2001%E2%80%93present)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civilian_casualties_in_the_war_in_Afghanistan_(2001%E2%80%93present)#Civilian_and_overall_casualties_(2017)

If China had invaded Afghanistan, the war would be long over. Because they would have employed the Taliban tactic of massacring areas plagued by guerrillas, thereby eliminating the problem of revenge-seeking relatives. No relatives, no revenge. No food. No weapons. No shelter. No nothing.

https://www.quora.com/If-guerrilla-warfare-is-so-hard-to-beat-why-didnt-more-countries-militaries-revert-to-guerilla-tactics-when-they-were-on-the-verge-of-defeat/answer/Yifeng-Huang-8?ch=10&share=06e0c00f&srid=Rl3K
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battles_of_Mazar-i-Sharif_(1997%E2%80%9398)#Battles_and_massacres

[Amberdawn]

Prayers for our allies and our own.