5,220 Foreign Troops Killed in Afghanistan? Taliban Exaggeration Part of Information Warfare
The Taliban has long exaggerated its military successes, but its figures for 2008 may be the militia's most startling claims yet. The Taliban claims its forces last year killed 5,220 foreign troops, downed 31 aircraft, destroyed 2,818 NATO and Afghan vehicles and killed 7,552 Afghan soldiers and police. Though third-party observers can rarely confirm casualty claims on the Afghan battlefield from the Taliban, the Afghan government, the U.S. or NATO, the Taliban's 2008 numbers would... Full Story
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