{"id":36142,"date":"2013-06-10T16:29:51","date_gmt":"2013-06-10T20:29:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=36142"},"modified":"2013-06-11T06:15:31","modified_gmt":"2013-06-11T10:15:31","slug":"seven-taliban-attack-kabul-airport","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=36142","title":{"rendered":"Seven Taliban attack Kabul airport (Updated)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Stars & Stripes<\/a> reports that seven Taliban attacked Kabul Airport in what the LA Times<\/a> calls an “hours-long attack”. There were seven of them. Seven.<\/p>\n

During the 4\u00bd hour battle, the attackers \u2014 who struck at 4:30 a.m. \u2014 used a car bomb, rocket-propelled grenades, suicide vests and machine-gun fire to attack a gate on the military side of the airport located far from where civilians enter to board commercial flights.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

It took the Afghans four and a half hours to kill seven guys – some of whom had suicide vests.<\/p>\n

More than four hours later, Gen. Mohammed Daud Amin, Kabul\u2019s deputy police chief, said all seven attackers had been killed. Two detonated their explosive vests and the remaining five were shot and killed by Afghan security forces, he said. The attackers also detonated a vehicle packed with explosives, Amin said, adding that no casualties were reported among Afghan security forces or civilians.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I’m surprised that none of the attackers were reported to have died of old age waiting for the Afghans to kill them. I’m guessing that it was a prelude to a larger attack since seven guys can only probe, they certainly weren’t hoping to take over the whole airport with seven people, two of whom were wearing suicide vests.<\/p>\n

\u201cBy launching today’s attack, the Taliban are showing they want to have a full hand at the negotiations table,\u201d said Abdul Wahid Taqat, a Kabul-based military analyst. He added that Afghan security forces have done well repelling this and other attacks despite their lack of modern weapons and equipment.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

They also needlessly depleted their overall strength by seven bodies. Why haven’t we won this thing yet?<\/p>\n

UPDATE:<\/strong> According to witnesses, the attack was focused on the State Department Air Wing compound and the Taliban were engaged by the pilots and contractors who were there for about two hours before the Afghans arrived to finally end the firefight. Witnesses claim that more than 20 RPGs were fired during the battle and that they were only intent on causing damage, never trying to get inside the wire.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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