Is This the Taliban Offensive?
The only thing offensive about the Taliban is the smell from their dead:
In western Afghanistan, U.S.-led coalition and Afghan forces battled with Taliban insurgents over three days, leaving at least 136 suspected militants dead, a coalition statement said Monday.
The clashes in Herat province were the deadliest reported in Afghanistan since January and provoked angry protests by hundreds of villagers Monday, chanting “Death to America!”
Acting on intelligence about Taliban activity in Herat’s Zerkoh Valley, coalition and Afghan forces attacked the insurgents and called in an airstrike, destroying seven Taliban positions and killing 87 fighters during a 14-hour engagement on Sunday, the statement said.
Another 49 Taliban were killed two days earlier by a combination of gunfire and an airstrike, it said, adding that a U.S. soldier also was killed in the engagement.
“Death to America”, huh? Well, they got their death. I mourn the death of the American soldier. But not those deaths of the 136 Taliban. If this is their idea of a spring offensive, offend me more.