Thursday, 18 February 2010

Sky Joins Troops Hunting Taliban Fighters


Sky News has joined British troops in a previously secret mission as they hunted down Taliban fighters who fled their strongholds following Operation Moshtarak. The militants have regrouped and set up a new base after being ousted when US, UK and Afghan troops launched the major offensive last week in Helmand province, Afghanistan .
Chief correspondent Stuart Ramsay has been with the Scots Guards in their mission to deny the militants "a place to stay or to kill them".
But he said the mission in southern Nad-e-Ali was "going to be hard" as the Taliban were determined to keep fighting.
After arriving by helicopter during the night, the soldiers set up a temporary camp in a compound and then begun their first patrol during daylight where they were soon fired on.
They engaged with the enemy and were later attacked from three firing points as they made their way back to their base.
A 'javelin' missile, which was used to target one of the Taliban positions, "provided vital cover" for the soldiers.
But Ramsay warned this was "just the start of the mission and it is likely to be hard going". Watch the video
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This is turning into a `Yellow Card` War such is the importance of no civilian casualties, thing is who are real civilians?

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