http://www.nytimes.com/2015/08/27/wo...orms.html?_r=0
This is embarrassing as hell for the ANA. They had air cover, NATO support and reconaissance, and they still lost to a rag tag militia
http://news.yahoo.com/nato-troops-ki...102504045.html
I guess when you recruit drugees, thugs, and rapists and invent a "national" army with a yarn of lies spun to grant it legitimacy, this is the sort of outcome that is going to happen.
KABUL, Afghanistan — Two NATO soldiers were killed Wednesday when men wearing uniforms of the Afghan security forces opened fire at an Afghan military base in the southern province of Helmand, the American-led international coalition said in a statement.
In other news highlighting the province’s precarious security, the strategic district of Musa fell to the Taliban on Wednesday after fighting that lasted all night, members of the provincial council said. Officials had warned that if Musa Qala fell, the Taliban could tighten their grip on northern Helmand.
In other news highlighting the province’s precarious security, the strategic district of Musa fell to the Taliban on Wednesday after fighting that lasted all night, members of the provincial council said. Officials had warned that if Musa Qala fell, the Taliban could tighten their grip on northern Helmand.
LASHKAR GAH, Afghanistan (Reuters) - Taliban fighters seized a district headquarters in Afghanistan's Helmand province on Monday despite repeated U.S. air strikes to repel them, adding to the insurgents' recent advances in a heavily fought over region of opium farms and trade routes.
I guess when you recruit drugees, thugs, and rapists and invent a "national" army with a yarn of lies spun to grant it legitimacy, this is the sort of outcome that is going to happen.



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