U.S Army Sgt. 1st Class Freddy Bloom directs a patrol through the city of Chorah, Afghanistan, Feb. 23, 2013. The team was en route to Forward Operating Base Mirwais after mentoring local police officers at Afghan police district headquarters. Bloom is a member of a Security Force Assistance Team. U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Jessi Ann McCormick
Taliban Kill 17 Afghan Soldiers in Once-Quiet Region -- New York Times
KABUL, Afghanistan – Taliban insurgents killed 17 Afghan National Army soldiers in a single incident in northern Badakshan Province, an area far from insurgent strongholds and one that had been generally quiet until recent months, Afghan officials announced Wednesday.
The incident began when a supply convoy of Afghan soldiers was ambushed by the insurgents on Monday, with one soldier killed and 23 others captured in the rugged Warduj District, according to Abdul Marouf Rasikh, spokesman for the provincial governor in Badakhshan.
Negotiations using tribal elders as intermediaries were carried out and six of the soldiers were released alive, but another 16 were executed, Mr. Rasikh said. Their bodies were turned over to the authorities by the same elders, he said.
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