Using Night-Vision Goggles, Taliban Stage Lethal Attack
20, 2018
KABUL, Afghanistan — Taliban insurgents overran three checkpoints in nighttime raids on Tuesday in the western Afghan province
of Farah, killing about 20 police officers before melting back into nearby villages, according to Afghan officials.
front door of Farah city." He said that attackers sometimes warned residents to stay clear of checkpoints
that will be targets, but that the Afghan intelligence agencies have such poor cooperation from locals that the authorities are not being tipped off. that at the
Mr. Qani said that When the Afghan forces conduct operations in one place, the Taliban target another place,
Equipped with the devices, the Taliban quickly overwhelmed the checkpoints, said
Dadullah Qani, a provincial council member in Farah, in a telephone interview.
Afghan officials have said that the night-vision goggles the Taliban have been using
with such effect typically bear Russian markings, though their origin is unclear.
Regardless of the number, Mohammad Hashim Danish, a political analyst living in the city of Farah, the
provincial capital, said residents were frightened and felt that the insurgents could strike at will.
