General Petraeus visits 3 Para Battlegroup, based in the northern Nad e Ali district of Helmand Province Photo: HEATHCLIFF O'MALLEYGen Petraeus Hails Paras For Precision Attack -- The Telegraph
Gen David Petraeus, the commander of Nato troops in Afghanistan, has hailed a Parachute Regiment operation involving a precision attack that killed 15 Taliban but left two civilans unharmed.
Two Afghan civilians survived unscathed as bombs and bullets rained down on Taliban during a "precision strike" campaign being run by the 3rd Bn The Parachute Regiment.
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My Comment: Congrats to the Paras for a job well done. One must give credit where credit is due, but what struck me about the story was not the engagement itself, but the fact that it happened at the end of November. Late November is winter in Afghanistan, a time when the Taliban cease to conduct military engagements. The fact that they are continuing the fight is a shift in their military strategy .... a worrisome trend that tells me that this is going to be a bloody winter.