Daily Mail: UK special forces kill 200 Taliban insurgents during close quarters battle in Northern Afghanistan
* Commandos from the Special Boat Squadron are operating in Kunduz
* It is the largest action by British troops in Afghanistan for twelve months
* The battle to remove the Taliban from Kunduz was still ongoing last night
* During the fighting, US aircraft are believed to have bombed a hospital
British Special Forces have been involved in a series of close-quarter battles against the Taliban in northern Afghanistan, killing up to 200 insurgents.
The Mail on Sunday has received eyewitness accounts of commandos from the Special Boat Service (SBS) directing the assault on Taliban positions in the city of Kunduz and at a nearby air base.
The fighting was continuing last night.
WNU Editor: If they are calling in air strikes .... I can then understand this number. But if this is "close quarters battle".... 200 enemy killed, no British casualties .... I am sceptical.
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‘With the guidance of the SBS they’ve co-ordinated themselves. British radio operators known as “JTACs” – Joint Terminal Attack Controllers – have also called in air strikes on Taliban positions, speaking to the pilots of US jets and directing their cannons and missiles towards enemy strongholds.’
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