Bill Roggio
The Long War Jounral
While Resolute Support touted the trunk count of insurgents during the three-week menstruum next the Afghan government’s unilateral ceasefire every bit a stair out of success, the Taliban has too inflicted casualties on Afghan forces during this timeframe. An estimated 150 Afghan safety personnel (soldiers, policemen, together with militia fighters) convey been killed inwards major Taliban attacks since July 12, according to information compiled past times FDD’s Long War Journal.
U.S. Army Major General Andrew Poppas, Resolute Support’s deputy principal of staff for operations, claimed on July 21 that Afghan operations resulted inwards the killing or wounding of over 1,700 Taliban, Islamic State, together with other insurgents. Poppas’ figures are derived from the Afghan ministries of Defense together with Interior, which are notorious for inflating casualties. Even if Poppas’ stated figures for insurgent casualties are accurate, he did non explicate how the trunk count equated to progress on the ground. Afghan forces convey non wrestled districts from Taliban command during this fourth dimension period, together with the Taliban remains on the offensive. [See LWJ report, NATO command touts trunk count of ‘Taliban irreconcilables’.]
The estimated 150 Afghan safety personnel killed since July 12 was derived from press reports on pregnant attacks past times the Taliban on Afghan bases, safety checkpoints, together with district centers. Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 pregnant assault defined every bit 1 where to a greater extent than than v Afghan safety personnel were killed. Smaller scale attacks, such every bit roadside bombings together with assassinations, were non included.
FDD’s Long War Journal identified nine major attacks inwards viii dissimilar provinces (Day Kundi, Farah, Kandahar, Kunduz, Nangarhar, Paktika, together with Zabul) since July 12. The listing below does non include Taliban claims of major attacks on Voice of Jihad; if it did the break would move much higher. The Taliban has claimed nine pregnant attacks betwixt July 23-24. The Taliban claims cannot move dismissed out of manus every bit at that topographic point is frequently a meat of truth to the reports. While the Taliban frequently inflates casualties inflicted on Afghan forces, the attacks frequently tin lavatory move verified. Additionally, the Afghan media does non written report on every attack.
Note that inwards each instance, the Taliban killed the Afghan safety personnel every bit they were manning defensive positions. This straight contradicts statements past times Pentagon Spokesperson Dana White, who claimed inwards mid-May of this yr that the Taliban is “desperate” together with “has non had the initiative.” [See LWJ report, Pentagon spokesperson doubles downward on ‘desperate’ Taliban comment.]
List of pregnant Taliban attacks since July 12:
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