The Panther's Claw - Afghanistan

August 2009

As Afghanistan prepares for an election, reporter Sean Smith joins the troops on Operation Panther's Claw. He finds them frustrated at the inexperience and lack of discipline of the Afghan National Army. Operation Panther's Claw has just begun. Objective: secure a small part of Helmand province, the Taliban heartland, before the Afghan elections. For the Black watch Regiment, they're facing not only an elusive and powerful foe, but a reluctant Afghan Army. 'They've searched these in two minutes' says Captain Brown as the ANA search homes for a Taliban arms cache. Tensions between the two armies are boiling over into open conflict. 'They are inherently idle' says Captain Brown. In Babaji the area is still far from safe. Metal detectors pick up Improvised Explosive Devices, the IED's that have killed more British soldiers this year than bullets. 'All the governments who've been in power till this moment couldn't bring peace' says an old man 'It's even worse now'. The Ministry of defence will, in time, claim Panthers Claw a success - unofficially estimating 230 enemy deaths. Yet after weeks embedded with the Black Watch, Sean Smith saw no evidence of Taliban dead. Operation Panther's Claw cost the lives of 10 British soldiers. It's success will be measured on Thursday, when the country goes to the polls.

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[blackacid1000]

Allies FTW

[ScottishPEACEguy]

hate war, love scotlands fighting ability.

[andy7666]

@Sumfourtyone87 You CAN'T win against a guerilla force that has long term support of the population if you fight within the Geneva convention etc.. Look at all the major wars, the only victories come about when the enemy is utterly obliterated, civilians are crushed and made complient - if one side (here the US/UK/allies) are playing "by the rules" & the Jihadis are not, the Jihadis will always win. Even the Soviets had rules to play by as it was not TOTAL war. Also, few cities..

[ScottishPEACEguy]

@ghostrider1152 scots

[ScottishPEACEguy]

@0MattAttack ok

[0MattAttack]

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[totaled999]

@Sumfourtyone87 Grow up lad

[DaFleegsta]

@swanyAJ Lol that's not what trolling is.. But good job trolling yourself.

[swanyAJ]

@DaFleegsta u fail at trolling

[Sumfourtyone87]

@jimo746 why still cant win this war? over 11 years already....1st persian,2nd Soviet,3rdUK and now USA....FAILED...NOBODY or power taking over afghanistan.

[Sumfourtyone87]

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[DaFleegsta]

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