Dozens of Afghan troops dead in Taliban base attack

[Eugene]

Source: BBC

21 April 2017 Asia

At least 50 Afghan soldiers have been killed in an attack by Taliban insurgents on a military base in northern Balkh province, military officials say.

Reports say the number of casualties is far higher than the eight deaths initially reported.

The military say that Friday's attack took place near a mosque at the base, located in the city of Mazar-e-Sharif.

The Taliban said in a statement that they launched the attack.

The Taliban fighters wore army uniforms and drove through military checkpoints before launching the raid, a military spokesman said.

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[elmac]

1. maybe tRump has another really big, huge, massive bomb

show them who's boss by God!

[maxsolomon]

2. piece by piece they're taking the country back

and we can't stop it, because Pakistan doesn't want it stopped.

[Yupster]

3. You are 100 m% correct

as long as an insurgency has a safe base to retreat to, they can't be defeated.

It's the old Vietnamese slogan they used against us. You have the watches, but we have the time.

[muriel_volestrangler]

4. More than 130 dead now (nt)