U.S. Snipers In Afghanistan

U.S. Snipers Capitalize On A Mistake By Insurgents -- Stars and Stripes

COMBAT OUTPOST NALGHAM, Afghanistan — For nearly two weeks, they had endured daily attacks, after which insurgents would melt away.

But those insurgents made a mistake, and U.S. snipers ensured it was fatal.

A sniper team killed two insurgents and wounded a third near a Taliban weapons cache and staging area in the Nalgham region of Kandahar province on Sunday according to U.S. forces and local Afghan nationals. Coalition forces had been tracking the insurgents using surveillance and reconnaissance assets for nearly two weeks before they fired on the site.

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My Comment: I suspect that this U.S. sniper team stayed put (and hidden) in their position for days (if not longer) until this Taliban group showed up.