Indian_muslim, they are robots man. if they dont have their gadgets the Mujahideen will run their blood dry.
Two large-scale attacks were carried out on Wednesday night by Mujahideen, on the main U.S. Coalition camp and Khost airport. In the first attack, reported by BBC as the third largest attack in the province, the fighting lasted several hours with rockets and machine guns being heavily used. This military camp was the main staging area for patrols and operations in the Paktia and Khost provinces. Although casualty figures and damage reports were not available, eyewitnesses described large destruction in and around the area of the camp. The U.S. authorities, as usual, were quick to deny any casualties and played down the scale of the attack. The Defence Analyst for the BBC, Raheem Ullaah Yousuf Zai, said that strong resistance to the U.S. led forces was still present in the region. The BBC also noted that every time the Americans term an operation over and an unconditional success, they were immediately subject to heavy attacks and losses.
The second attack in the Khost region was carried out on the main airport on Wednesday night around eleven p.m. and lasted for more than three hours. The Mujahideen used MB-12 missiles, rockets and heavy machine guns during the attack. Immediately after the attack, eyewitnesses reported that at least five dead bodies of Americans were seen in the area. The military, however, quickly prevented any civilians or international media correspondents from approaching the area, till everything was cleared up. Sources disclosed that all the Mujahideen were able to retreat successfully under the cover of darkness. According to locals, the Americans started bombing innocent civilians shortly after the attack and interim government commander Zakeem Khan in Khost blamed Bacha Khan for the attack. He also demanded that the U.S. drive Bacha Khan out of the region, accusing him of being anti-American.
Ever since the U.S. began these recent ground operations, they have been in dire need of more reinforcements, especially from other countries. Presently around 5300 American troops are taking part in various operations in Afghanistan. Kabul has around 4500 peacekeeping troops but it is very clear that the number is insufficient to achieve anything and recently the U.S. demanded the British government to send 1700 more commandoes to aid in the operations.
Another helicopter goes down in Kandahar
WASHINGTON (Online): According to a British news agency, U.S. Central Command has announced that a large helicopter had sustained damage and made an emergency landing somewhere in the mountainous regions of Kandahar. Although the authorities say it was an accident and only some soldiers were injured, in 99% of such incidents, the helicopter was shot down by the Mujahideen and several soldiers killed as a result.
U.S. tank destroyed in Kandahar after going over landmine
CHAMAN (Islam Correspondent): Eight soldiers were killed when the tank they were in ran over an anti-tank landmine near Kandahar airport on Tuesday. This incident happened while on patrol, along with three APCs in the Khosab region. According to eyewitnesses, pieces of human flesh were scattered all over the area after the explosion. Later on the American forces imposed a curfew in the Khosab region, the airport, surrounding areas and the Kandahar- Boldak highway. The troops were given orders to shoot anyone seen during the curfew hours.
General Faheem’s secretary: Neither 800 nor 500 mujahideen were killed, only 50-60
KABUL(Monitoring Desk): While the U.S. authorities continue to make re- adjustments to the estimates of between 500 to 800 Taliban and Al-Qaeda forces killed in Operation Anaconda, their Afghan Allies have been dismissing such ridiculous numbers. According to the Voice of Germany, the pro-US Afghan commanders have said that the claims of success and estimations are very misleading. The Afghan Defence Minister general Faheem’s secretary, Gulbudeen, said that only around 50-60 Mujahideen were martyred during the whole period, and most succeeded in escaping from the region.
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