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- Forward Operating Base Salerno - Wikipedia
FOB Salerno was once again attacked by a group of Taliban on 28 August 2010 [6] The attack started around 0400 with small arms and mortar fire In addition, suicide bombers participated in the attack As the attack commenced, some of the insurgents were able to penetrate inside the base and attempted to detonate themselves, but were stopped by coalition forces Afghan forces also detained
- Massive Suicide Attack at FOB Salerno - Military. com
While the Taliban claimed credit for the attack on FOB Salerno, it was likely executed by the Haqqani Network, a Taliban subgroup that is linked to al Qaeda and which operates extensively in Khost
- Battle of Do Ab - Wikipedia
After receiving reports of Taliban fighters massing to attack Forward Operating Base Kalagush, a scout platoon from the 1st Battalion, 133rd Infantry Regiment, plus 20 Afghan soldiers and two US Air Force TACPs, and one Law Enforcement Professional (LEP) were airlifted by a pair of Chinook helicopters to a small landing zone in a canyon near the village of Do Ab Unknown to the coalition
- Taliban launch coordinated attacks in Kabul and 3 provinces
The Taliban launched coordinated attacks in the Afghan capital and three other provinces today In Jalalabad in Nangarhar province, US and Afghan forces repelled a suicide assault on a military base Attacks were also reported in the provincial capitals of Paktia and Logar In Kabul, the Taliban
- Battle of Wanat - Wikipedia
A NATO spokesman believed that the Taliban had moved into and expelled a nearby Khel (small village-tribe subdivision) for the attack On the evening of July 12, Taliban soldiers moved into Wanat and ordered the villagers to leave
- New details emerge about complex attack on FOB Salerno
FOB Salerno is the largest base in southeastern Afghanistan – it is highly fortified, and hosts extensive surveillance assets and a US rotary wing task force The Taliban claimed credit for the attack immediately afterward, in a statement released on their propaganda website, Voice of Jihad
- US troops repel suicide assault on base in eastern Afghanistan
The Taliban claimed credit for today’s attack on FOB Salerno, in a statement released on Voice of Jihad, the group’s propaganda website Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid said that the forces attacked the airbase from three sides and killed “scores of US invaders” and “shot down two of the enemy’s helicopters ”
- FOB Salerno withstands 2-day Taliban onslaught - Long War Journal
The early morning attack began when nearly 100 heavily armed Taliban fighters approached the Spera district headquarters, approximately nine miles from the Pakistan border, and engaged Afghan police personnel in a gunfight Afghan and Coalition soldiers responded to the attack and drove the Taliban back using small-arms fire and helicopter
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