On Friday three German soldiers were killed and eight others injured in a long firefight with a company-strength unit of Taliban ambushing them (numbers on that vary of course, anywhere from 80 to 200 have been mentioned). The firefight lasted from sometime between noon and 1 pm till shortly after 6 pm local time, ending just before dusk.
The three KIA occured in the first wave of the ambush; some WIA were caused by an armoured vehicle (either a Dingo or a Fuchs) being attacked with an IED. Four of the WIA are critical. The German soldiers, along with a Belgian detachment and some Afghan Police, were supposedly patrolling for IEDs in the vicinity of a German FOB in Char Darrah to ready the area for an engineer unit to build a bridge. The attack occured in Isa Khel, five km from the German base in Kunduz.
Afghan intelligence sources maintain 5 Taliban KIA, including local commander Nazeri Enayatullah.
US Forces were involved with two F-16 in show-of-force during the battle (CAS rumoured by some people, not confirmed) and a helo detachment medevacing injured from the scene.
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According to some reports, KSK special forces and the QRF - equipped with Marder 1A5 IFVs - were used to disperse the Taliban in the latter stages of the fight.
The three KIA occured in the first wave of the ambush; some WIA were caused by an armoured vehicle (either a Dingo or a Fuchs) being attacked with an IED. Four of the WIA are critical. The German soldiers, along with a Belgian detachment and some Afghan Police, were supposedly patrolling for IEDs in the vicinity of a German FOB in Char Darrah to ready the area for an engineer unit to build a bridge. The attack occured in Isa Khel, five km from the German base in Kunduz.
Afghan intelligence sources maintain 5 Taliban KIA, including local commander Nazeri Enayatullah.
US Forces were involved with two F-16 in show-of-force during the battle (CAS rumoured by some people, not confirmed) and a helo detachment medevacing injured from the scene.
Edit:
According to some reports, KSK special forces and the QRF - equipped with Marder 1A5 IFVs - were used to disperse the Taliban in the latter stages of the fight.
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