Afghanistan

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Das ist ein anderer Artikel dazu. Da steht, dass die Operation der afghanischen Armee vor zehn Tagen begann und dass der Hinterhalt am ersten Tag passierte. "Gestriger Vorfall" ist somit nicht korrekt.

The operation began when the Afghan Army sent a battalion of about 300 men from the First Brigade, 201st Army Corps, into a village called Bad Pakh, in Laghman Province, which is adjacent to the troubled border province of Kunar. Their operation, which began on the night of Aug. 3, was to flush out Taliban in a rugged area where they had long held sway. First, using the Afghan Army's own helicopters, a detachment was inserted behind Taliban lines, while the main part of the battalion attacked from the front.

But, according to a high-ranking official of the Afghan Ministry of Defense, the plan was betrayed; Taliban forces were waiting with an ambush against the main body of troops. Then the airborne detachment was cut off when bad weather grounded its helicopters, the official said, speaking on the condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to speak to the press.

In the confusion, the 201st Army Corps commanders lost contact with the battalion. The battalion's Third Company took particularly heavy casualties, the official said.

Im Artikel wird zudem darauf hingewiesen, dass keine Detailinformationen herausgegeben werden, solange die Operation nicht abgeschlossen ist.