Insider Attacks, Taliban IEDs Continue To Kill U.S. Troops After a Decade of War
WASHINGTON -- In more than a decade of war in Afghanistan, the United States military has failed to defeat the insurgents' main weapon -- the IED, or roadside bomb -- and has been unable to prevent the spread of a deadly new Taliban tactic, the so-called "insider" attacks by Afghan soldiers on U.S. and allied troops.
Despite a strenuous and costly U.S. effort, the Taliban managed last year to deploy 16,000 IEDs, the main killer of Americans, and are on track to exceed that record this year.
Anti-western Afghans who managed to infiltrate the Afghan security forces have killed more than 50 American and allied troops so far this year, causing a significant disruption in the U.S. strategy of mounting joint operations with Afghan security forces to accelerate their combat readiness.
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Despite a strenuous and costly U.S. effort, the Taliban managed last year to deploy 16,000 IEDs, the main killer of Americans, and are on track to exceed that record this year.
Anti-western Afghans who managed to infiltrate the Afghan security forces have killed more than 50 American and allied troops so far this year, causing a significant disruption in the U.S. strategy of mounting joint operations with Afghan security forces to accelerate their combat readiness.
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