tag:www.thedonovan.com,2012://1/tag:www.thedonovan.com,2007://1.7978- Comments for Update from the Edge of the Edge We're the Military and Airpower Guys of Jonah Goldberg of National Review Online + a stray we found wandering around looking lost. All original material JHD, BHD, JR, WT, and KA 2003-2010 Movable Type 4.12 tag:www.thedonovan.com,2007://1.7978 2007-08-28T20:07:26Z 2008-01-14T21:02:44Z Update from the Edge of the Edge The Shadows were watching TV at late chow (2330 Pakitime) and I was curious to see what they were watching (they *love* "Indian Idol"). Considering all the action up north, I wasn't really surprised to see it was the news. I haven't mastered Urdu by a long shot, but the broadcaster was speaking Hindustani, which uses quite a few words from both English and Urdu, so I was able to get the gist of it. There was a big dustup in southern Afghanistan earlier. No word on coalition casualties yet, but at least a hundred Taliban KIA. Right across the... Bill http://www.thedonovan.com The Shadows were watching TV at late chow (2330 Pakitime) and I was curious to see what they were watching (they *love* "Indian Idol"). Considering all the action up north, I wasn't really surprised to see it was the news. I haven't mastered Urdu by a long shot, but the broadcaster was speaking Hindustani, which uses quite a few words from both English and Urdu, so I was able to get the gist of it.

There was a big dustup in southern Afghanistan earlier. No word on coalition casualties yet, but at least a hundred Taliban KIA. Right across the border from where the Frontier Forces were firing H&Is the other night.

The strategy of find 'em, flush 'em and fight 'em seems to be working so far.

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In other news, all nineteen kidnapped troops (fifteen local militia and a Frontier Forces colonel and his traveling party) were due to be released yesterday afternoon (today's early morning for everybody except Murray, Trias and OFS) -- no official word on their release yet. The Mehuda tribal council is still speaking softly, but the pro-Taliban militants in their area can definitely see the big stick that's only a cellphone call up the road -- about 40,000 Army and Frontier Force troops.

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