Taliban Attack Afghan Guards in Deadly Raid -- New York TimesKABUL, Afghanistan — Taliban fighters in a rural area near the Helmand River staged an audacious nighttime raid early Thursday, swooping down on several hundred sleeping Afghan private security guards who were securing a road construction project, and killing at least 21, according to guards who escaped.
The attack was striking not only for its scale and viciousness but because it took place in the Helmand River Valley, where thousands of British troops have been stationed for the past three years and where now American troops have entered to try to rout the Taliban.
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More News On This Taliban Attack
30 Afghan security guards killed in Taliban clash -- The Telegraph
Taliban Attack Kills 30 Afghans in South -- Voice of America
Taliban kill 30 security guards -- AFP
Taliban Kills Many On Afghan Road Crew As Militant Threat Grows -- NPR
Taliban kill 30 security guards in S Afghanistan -- Xinhuanet
Deadly Taliban attack on Afghan road construction team -- BBC
My Comment: This is a major victory for the Taliban. This region is crawling with thousands of British and U.S. troops .... but the Taliban were still able to organize and assemble a large force to attack this construction project .... and to attack it successfully.
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