Taliban, flash, Plea, Capture100 Patki troops

Regay


Nuristan


tora bora top right, REGAY bottom left



Nuristan top right, Tora Bora bottom left,


Nuristan

September 1, 2007
Flashpoint Afghanistan: Musa Qala. ( fight )
The fight against al Qaeda, the Taliban, and allied extremists in eastern Afghanistan has heated up over the past year. According to a high-level NGO executive, al Qaeda has called for jihadis to flock to Nuristan to help push the Americans out. The open plea from al Qaeda may point to the importance Nuristan has held to the insurgency in this region along the border with Kunar province. Since the start of Operation Enduring Freedom there has been no sustained, conventional Coalition or government presence in Nuristan. Emboldened by a seemingly neglectful strategy in regard to the area, Nuristan and its isolated valleys have become a comfortable home for hundreds of terrorists and other anti-government allies.

In July 2007, Richard Strand, who has worked in and collected data on Nuristan for 40 years, published his interpretation of current issues plaguing, what he calls, "The Nuristan-Kunar Corridor". According to Strand, this corridor is the gateway to Kabul and al Qaeda is making a major push to secure it.

The bin Laden factor

It is commonly believed that Nuristan and Kunar could be hiding the elusive Osama bin Laden.

Map of eastern Afghanistan.

Continue reading "Afghanistan: The jihad within a jihad" »

The scene of last year's heavy fighting is once again catching on fire as Operation Palk Meher continues.

Helmand province.

September 1, 2007.

Over the past week, Coalition forces have been engaged in heavy fighting near Regay village in Musa Qala district, resulting in the deaths of dozens of Taliban who have been attacking Coalition patrols daily. Located 14 miles south of the city of Musa Qala, Regay saw heavy fighting break out August 25th when a joint Afghan-US Special Forces patrol came under attack and spent the night fighting off the Taliban. The next day, the fighting continued after the patrol was engaged from reinforced positions again, this time by extremists from inside several compounds lined with trenches.

Following the battle, that left more than 20 Taliban dead, a large heroin-producing facility was uncovered.

Continue reading "Flashpoint Afghanistan: Musa Qala" »

Red agencies/ districts controlled by the Taliban;
purple is defacto control;
yellow is under threat.

Company of Punjabi Pakistani troops captured in a sophisticated Taliban operation in South Waziristan. Pakistani government is negotiating with Taliban commander Baitullah Mehsud to secure their release.

The Taliban insurgency in the Northwest Frontier Province intensifies as a large force of Taliban fighters captured a company of Pakistani soldiers in South Waziristan. The Taliban captured “over 100 security forces personnel after intercepting a military convoy in the Mehsud-dominated tribal area,” Dawn reported. The Taliban have claimed over 300 Pakistani soldiers were captured by a large Taliban force near Luddah, which is about 25 miles north of Wana, but the highest estimate given by Pakistani sources is 130. “The Taliban had also impounded 17 trucks which were carrying troops,” Pakistani sources told Dawn. “Nine of the hostages were reported to be officers including a colonel.”

Baituallah Mehsud is one of the most the powerful Taliban commanders in South Waziristan; it is estimated he commands upwards of 30,000 well-trained fighters. ( WE have heard this before Abdullah Mehsud )

One issue that is not being discussed is both the skill and size of military units needed to force a company of Pakistani troops to surrender with no violence. A senior US intelligence official told The Fourth Rail that this Pakistani unit was an experienced regular army unit, not a paramilitary unit such as the Levies or Frontier Constables. "This was a Punjabi company, loyal to Musharraf, which conducts operations against the Taliban when needed," the official stated.

The Pakistani troops also surrendered while knowing that 19 soldiers were currently in the custody of Baituallah Mehsud's Taliban. One of those soldiers was brutally beheaded by a 12-year-old boy. This gruesome acted was videotaped and distributed to the media as a warning.

Continue reading "Taliban capture over 100 Pakistani soldiers in South Waziristan" »

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Tora Bora: Malawa valley area is a hot bed of Taliban activity.
USA continues to engage the Taliban on all fronts and Patki is
still looking towards appeasement.

USA is killing Taliban,
Patki has its forces captured.

Nuristan is a nerve center for al Qaeda and the Taliban,
and they have requested reinforcements
heroin use among the Taliban is rising according to indigenous sources.
As are purges for Spies.
The Taliban are experiencing the highest mortality rates they have ever experienced.

Operational forces continue to collect Intel including Bio Id.
And sweeps and mop up operations are run daily.

This is the best look into the classified operation I've seen.

Gerald



Bill Roggio and David Tate's articles point to the success of the
collation's engagements and Intel.