NATO: 'As many as 150' Afghan militants killed

[sabra]

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/16571920/from/RS.5/

NATO: 'As many as 150' Afghan militants killed
Insurgents crossed Pakistan border with ammunition, commander says

KABUL, Afghanistan - NATO on Thursday said as many as 150 insurgents were killed in a battle in eastern Afghanistan after two large groups of fighters crossed the border from Pakistan.

The fighters were attacked with ground fire and airstrikes, NATO said. Gen. Murad Ali, the Afghan army regional deputy corps commander, said the insurgents had traveled into Paktika province with several trucks of ammunition.

A NATO statement said “initial battle damage estimates” indicated that as many as 150 fighters were killed. Ali said more than 50 fighters were killed late Wednesday and early Thursday. Mohammad Zahir Azimi, the spokesman for the Ministry of Defense, estimated the toll at 80.

It was not clear why there was such a disparity in the estimates. Independent confirmation of the death toll was not immediately possible on the remote battle site.

[ShortnFiery]

1. Ah, reminds me of the ole' Vietnam War days ...

where BODY COUNTs were held up to be the Alpha and Omega of winning the war.

History repeating itself? :thumbsdown:

[JohnnyLib2]

2. Sadly, yes

and even those figures seem to have shifted across two days.