ASSESSMENTS
The Kabul Attack: A Postmortem
Jan 18, 2010 | 23:49 GMT
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Summary
The Jan. 18 Taliban attack in central Kabul, Afghanistan, was a bold display of urban infiltration and tactical surprise on a busy Monday morning. Despite reports of initial chaos on the ground, however, Afghan security forces were able to end the attack and prevent the militants from achieving a high degree of well-publicized destruction. It could certainly have been a lot worse.
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