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.

After the dust settled, the Taliban attack in central Kabul did not prove all that destructive....

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