Toll on Taliban continues in Afghanistan

AP:

Coalition soldiers tracked a group of militants to an eastern Afghanistan safe house and killed 14 in an attack on the compound, the military said.

The insurgents were seen carrying AK-47 submachine guns and rocket-propelled grenades to a compound in the Kamdesh district of Nuristan province, a coalition statement said.

"The extremists were observed hiding and then coalition forces attacked them once they reached their safe house, destroying two buildings in the compound," the statement said.

The statement said soldiers discovered the bodies of 14 fighters inside the compound.

The coalition gave no details on the nationality of its soldiers in the operation, but U.S. troops have been operating alongside Afghan forces throughout eastern Afghanistan since April, hunting Taliban militants and allied extremists along the border with Pakistan.

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This appears to be a pattern that the Taliban is helpless to reverse. The greater force to space ratio in the area leads to detection and then destruction. While some reports have touted teh stregth of the Taliban offensive, when forces clash the Taliban don't just lose and withdraw they are destroyed. This is going to make it difficult for them to sustain their effort as well as making it difficult for them to recruit for a fools mission.