U.S. Army Sgt. Ricardo E. Maya keeps watch as 120mm white phosphorus mortar rounds hit the nearby ridgeline during a firefight at the an Afghan National Police checkpoint in Kunar province, Afghanistan, Sept. 18, 2010. Maya is assigned to the 327th Infantry Regiment's Company D, 1st Battalion, Task Force Bulldog. U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Gary A. Witte49 Taliban Fighters, 6 US Troops Killed During Kunar Operation -- Long War Journal
US and Afghan forces have wrapped up a week-long operation in the eastern Pech River Valley in Kunar province. During the operation, which the top US commander in the east claimed dealt "a huge blow to the enemy," 49 Taliban fighters and six US soldiers were killed.
Operation Bulldog Bite was launched on Nov. 12, and targeted Taliban havens in the villages of the Watapur Valley, which lies in the eastern region of the Pech River Valley. The region has served as a transit area for Taliban and al Qaeda fighters infiltrating from Pakistan, and is just five miles from the Korengal Valley, an area where US forces shut down combat outposts last winter. Last year, US commanders claimed that the Korengal was strategically insignificant due to its remote location, but since that time, the Taliban and al Qaeda have used the region to launch attacks into neighboring Afghan provinces.
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Update: NATO details Afghan clash that killed 5 Americans -- AP
My Comment: Tom Ricks sums it up best .... Shades of Wanat.
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