We often get willing assistance in the form of information from many Afghani villagers, but it is rare for them to to attack Taliban insurgents. They fear the reprisals the Taliban would mete out on the village.

Good on them! More incidents like this and the Taliban will begin to get the message that the people of Afghanistan do not want them in their country.

The people of that country remind me of our own hill people in America. One only has to look at their resistance to many would be usurpers through the years to see they're a hardy lot.
Yes good for them!

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The people of the Hindu Kush are some of the toughest folks on the planet. They also have a code of honor that demands that they defend to the death any guest of thiers. The Taliban has used this to thier advantage (it's part of why bin Laden's been so difficult to find), so it's good to see them be on the receiving end of things this time.

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for anyone that stands up for their security and the right to decide for themselfs.

hey Lancer that makes the job less difficult doesn't it? I have heard from some of our 173 ABN Bro's and they feel good that people give them info or weapons.

Sure does! But best of all is knowing that we're gaining the trust and support from the villages. Still a way to go, particularly in the poppy belt where the taliban are still very much the paymasters, but every little helps.

Hey, you heard the news yet? Sadly some of our 16 Air Assault boys were badly shot up in a blue-on-blue yesterday. They were caught in a burst of 30mm cannon fire from a British Apache helicopter gunship they had called in for support.

Ministry of Defence | Defence News | Military Operations | Investigation underway into potential Afghanistan friendly fire incident

Bad news, but it's always a risk in close quarter fighting when you call in air support. We've had a few close one's ourselves when we've had to call in air support.

Friendly Fire incidents are part of war. The new data info battle field is suppose to end this. Like collateral damage. It is sad. Our platoon lost as many men to friendly fire as to the enemy. But that was 1967-68
But they yell when it is collateral damage. Both a sad part of war. And the blame belongs on the ones who started the conflict. Not those trying to stop the bad guys and end the conflict..