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Afghanistan Taliban Late-night attack an important base
« on: May 23, 2010, 07:11:42 am »
Afghanistan, 22 Taliban fighters in Afghanistan, late-night attack on a NATO military base ---- the largest in southern Kandahar airport, and caused some injuries and equipment losses. Day, the Taliban militants to use rocket-propelled grenades, mortars and machine guns to the airport, various types of target shooting, the attacks lasted for hours, but the militants(air jordan shoes) has not scored the airport fence.

The Taliban spokesman said the attacks this from two directions, and NATO bases in 15 rockets have been attacked. This past week, NATO forces in Afghanistan was the third large-scale attacks. Earlier, the Taliban has claimed NATO soldiers will be launching the "spring offensive" to counter the United States about the birthplace of Kandahar by the Taliban launched a comprehensive siege operations.

The United States believes that only the Taliban would be cleaned near Kandahar, Afghanistan to ensure stability and security throughout. However, the Taliban have repeatedly threatened to let the American soldiers who "have come to no return cheap jordan shoes."

To prepare for cleaning up military operations in Kandahar, U.S. troops in Iraq is accelerating from the south, north Afghanistan, two-way rush to the rescue. Among them, the various equipment and materials will be by land, arrived in northern Afghanistan. U.S. military personnel will be through by air, arrived in the Afghan capital directly near Bagram Air Base. 21,000 troops redeployed from Iraq to Afghanistan.

From the map, the Kandahar airport is located 16 kilometers south of the town, is NATO's most important allies in the local transfer station personnel and material. Once here, the fight against the Taliban targets, will seriously hamper the NATO military action. After entering in May, the Taliban in Afghanistan to the NATO forces continued, foreign envoys, the project contractor and the Arab countries to attack government officials and frequently succeed.

19 Taliban militants based in the early morning on the northern outskirts of Kabul near the U.S. military headquarters at Bagram air base attack site, killing at least one U.S. contractor were killed and nine U.S. troops(air jordan retro) injured. Intermittent gunfire lasted for nearly eight hours long. A day earlier, the U.S. convoy in Kabul by a suicide bomb attack, 18 people were killed.

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