The Marines Are Routing The Taliban And Their Foreign Fighter Allies
The Marines are sending a clear mesage to the Taliban: There’s a new sheriff in town. Get out or die. It seems they’re getting the message loud and clear:
KABUL, Afghanistan — Taliban forces in southern Afghanistan are fleeing to the Pakistani border after being routed in recent operations by the United States Marines, the American commander of NATO forces in Afghanistan said on Monday.
Marines of the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit have been clearing Taliban and foreign fighters from the district of Garmser, in southern Helmand Province, an important infiltration and drug trafficking route used by the Taliban to supply insurgents farther north.
“The insurgents, after experiencing these several weeks of pressure below Garmser, are trying to flee to the south, perhaps to go back to the sanctuaries in another country,” said the NATO commander, Gen. Dan K. McNeill.
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The insurgents, including numbers of foreign fighters, were said to be fleeing to Girdi Jungle, an Afghan refugee camp in Pakistan, and the border town of Baramcha, as well as the southernmost towns of Dishu and Khaneshin, which sit on the edge of the desert and offer quick access to the border.
Governor Mangal said hundreds of foreign fighters had joined the Taliban in their fight against marines in Garmser in recent weeks.
But he said they had suffered heavy losses.
Nineteen bodies of foreign fighters were found in one location, he said.
They can run or they can fight. Either way they’ll just die tired and hungry. The Taliban are learning a hard lesson. This isn’t a European or Middle-Eastern army. These are Marines. Not only will they shoot back - they will come and find you and kill you.
The United States Marine Corps - terminating the employment of the enemies of this country for over 230 years.
