6 American Soldiers Killed in Taliban Attack in Afghanistan
Dec 21, 2015 19:17:12 GMT -5
Post by Michael Downing on Dec 21, 2015 19:17:12 GMT -5
Let me start with this from 12/28/2014
www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2014/12/28/statement-president-end-combat-mission-afghanistan
Statement by the President on the End of the Combat Mission in Afghanistan
Today's ceremony in Kabul marks a milestone for our country. For more than 13 years, ever since nearly 3,000 innocent lives were taken from us on 9/11, our nation has been at war in Afghanistan. Now, thanks to the extraordinary sacrifices of our men and women in uniform, our combat mission in Afghanistan is ending, and the longest war in American history is coming to a responsible conclusion.
Explain to their brothers in and arms and their relatives Mr president again how the combat mission ended a year ago...
www.nytimes.com/2015/12/22/world/asia/bagram-afghanistan-suicide-attack.html?_r=0
6 American Soldiers Killed in Taliban Attack in Afghanistan
KABUL, Afghanistan — In one of the deadliest attacks against American forces in Afghanistan this year, a Taliban suicide bomber on a motorcycle drove into a military convoy near Bagram Air Base on Monday, killing six American soldiers, a United States official said.
The attack came as Taliban forces have continued grabbing territory across Afghanistan, dragging more American troops directly into the fight despite commanders’ continued insistence that the focus of the NATO force remains on training and advising. As the battle intensified this fall, the Obama administration even reversed plans to begin withdrawing troops this year, instead choosing to leave the 9,800-American force in Afghanistan through at least 2016.
Even away from the most intense battlegrounds in southern and eastern Afghanistan, and with the Afghan forces nominally taking the lead in the fighting, American forces have remained at risk, with at least 15 killed this year before the attack on Monday.
www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2014/12/28/statement-president-end-combat-mission-afghanistan
Statement by the President on the End of the Combat Mission in Afghanistan
Today's ceremony in Kabul marks a milestone for our country. For more than 13 years, ever since nearly 3,000 innocent lives were taken from us on 9/11, our nation has been at war in Afghanistan. Now, thanks to the extraordinary sacrifices of our men and women in uniform, our combat mission in Afghanistan is ending, and the longest war in American history is coming to a responsible conclusion.
Explain to their brothers in and arms and their relatives Mr president again how the combat mission ended a year ago...
www.nytimes.com/2015/12/22/world/asia/bagram-afghanistan-suicide-attack.html?_r=0
6 American Soldiers Killed in Taliban Attack in Afghanistan
KABUL, Afghanistan — In one of the deadliest attacks against American forces in Afghanistan this year, a Taliban suicide bomber on a motorcycle drove into a military convoy near Bagram Air Base on Monday, killing six American soldiers, a United States official said.
The attack came as Taliban forces have continued grabbing territory across Afghanistan, dragging more American troops directly into the fight despite commanders’ continued insistence that the focus of the NATO force remains on training and advising. As the battle intensified this fall, the Obama administration even reversed plans to begin withdrawing troops this year, instead choosing to leave the 9,800-American force in Afghanistan through at least 2016.
Even away from the most intense battlegrounds in southern and eastern Afghanistan, and with the Afghan forces nominally taking the lead in the fighting, American forces have remained at risk, with at least 15 killed this year before the attack on Monday.