America's North Shore Journal

Boats? The Taliban has boats in a landlocked country??? July 13, 2008 – At least 40 insurgents during an ongoing operation in Afghanistan’s Helmand province yesterday, military officials said. The fight began when insurgent forces attacked an Afghan and coalition security patrol yesterday in Sangin district. From multiple concealed and fortified positions, the insurgents used small-arms fire and rocket-propelled grenades. The ensuing fight led the combined forces to return fire and call for precision air strikes. The friendly forces destroyed four insurgent fortified fighting positions, two bunkers, two trench lines, one improvised-explosive-device site, and more than 30 enemy boats, officials said. Elsewhere, Afghan and coalition forces killed several insurgents while conducting a security patrol in the Shaheed Hasas district in Oruzgan province. The combined forces noticed several armed militants moving into a fighting position. The … Read entire article »